Turquet's Octopus
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Turquet's Octopus (Pareledone turqueti) is a species of benthic octopus with a circumpolar Antarctic distribution. The species has a wide depth range, occurring from shallow waters to 4,000 m deep.[1]
P. turqueti grows to 15 cm in mantle length.[2] It is characterised by the absence of a skin ridge round the body, and its nearly smooth skin, which is covered with low granular bumps.[1]
In the wild, P. turqueti is known to be preyed upon by Patagonian toothfish off South Georgia (53-54ºS, 35º45'-43º25'W)[3] and Weddell Seals off the South Shetland Islands.[4]
The type specimen was collected in the Antarctic Ocean (65°S, 64°W) and is deposited at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Norman, M.D. 2000. Cephalopods: A World Guide. ConchBooks.
- ^ CephBase: Mantle Length of Pareledone turqueti
- ^ Xavier, J.C., P.G. Rodhouse, M.G. Purves, T.M. Daw, J. Arata & G.M. Pilling 2002. Distribution of cephalopods recorded in the diet of the Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) around South Georgia.PDF (159 KiB) Polar Biology 25: 323-330.
- ^ Klages, N.T.W. 1996. Cephalopods as prey. II. Seals.PDF (1.60 MiB) Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 351: 1045-1052.
- ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
