Stauroteuthis

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Stauroteuthis
Stauroteuthis syrtensis
Stauroteuthis syrtensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Suborder: Cirrina
Family: Stauroteuthidae
Grimpe, 1916
Genus: Stauroteuthis
Verrill, 1879
Species

Stauroteuthis gilchristi
Stauroteuthis syrtensis

Stauroteuthis is a genus of deepwater octopus, a cephalopod mollusk. This is the only genus in the family Stauroteuthidae, and only two species have been described in this genus.

[edit] Species within the genus Staurotethis

  • Stauroteuthis gilchristi
  • Stauroteuthis syrtensis

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