Graneledone boreopacifica
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 G. boreopacifica on the Davidson Seamount at 1,973 m depth
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Graneledone boreopacifica is an octopus in the family Octopodidae. It occurs in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
The holotype of this species measures 9 cm in mantle length.[1]
The type specimen was collected in the Pacific Ocean (50°N, 151°E) and is deposited at the Zoological Institute in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Hochberg, F.G. 1998. Class Cephalopoda. In: P.V. Scott & J.A. Blake (Eds.) Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and the Western Santa Barbara Channel: Vol. 8. Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
- ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
