Adelieledone
| Adelieledone | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Octopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Eledoninae |
| Genus: | Adelieledone Robson, 1929 |
| Species | |
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Adelieledone is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae.
According to the Census of Marine Life, it may be the closest living relative of the Antarctic ancestor of all octopus species that lived 30 million years ago.[1]
Species
- Adelieledone adelieana
- Adelieledone polymorpha, Antarctic knobbed octopus
References
- ↑ Doyle, Alister (2008-11-09). "Octopuses had Antarctic ancestor: marine census". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2009-04-14. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
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