Eledone nigra
| Eledone nigra | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Octopodidae |
| Genus: | Eledone |
| Species: | E. nigra |
| Binomial name | |
| Eledone nigra (Hoyle, 1910)[1] | |
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Eledone nigra is a little-known species of octopus described from one male and six females which were taken in Luderitz Bay, Namibia and has only been recorded subsequently in 1941. 1983 and 1991, all from Luderitz Bay.[2]
References
- ↑ Hoyle, W. E. (1910); Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Sudafrika ausgefuhrt in den Jahren 1903-1905, 4 (1)
- ↑ Villanueva, R & Sanchez P. (1993) Cephalopods of the Benguela Current off Namibia; New additions and consideration on the genus Lycoteuthis, J. Nat. Hist. 27 pp15-46
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