Biology:Adelieledone

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Short description: Genus of molluscs

Adelieledone
Adelieledone polymorpha.jpg
Adelieledone polymorpha
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Megaleledonidae
Genus: Adelieledone
Allcock, Hochberg, Rodhouse & Thorpe, 2003[1]
Type species
Moschites adelieana
Berry, 1917
Species

3 species (see text)

Adelieledone is a genus of octopuses in the family Megaleledonidae.[1][2]

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. Their habitats include; Southern Ocean, Antarctic Ocean, and South Georgia. The most notable feature of adelieledone is the rostral point on the lower beak.[3] It is placed in the family Megaleledonidae by some authorities[1][2] and in the Octopodidae by others.[4]

Species

There are three recognized species:[1]

References

Matias, Ricardo S., et al. “Show Your Beaks and We Tell You What You Eat: Different Ecology in Sympatric Antarctic Benthic Octopods under a Climate Change Context.” Marine Environmental Research, vol. 150, 2019, p. 104757., doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.104757. Schwarz, Richard, et al. “Life Histories of Antarctic Incirrate Octopods (Cephalopoda: Octopoda).” PLOS ONE, vol. 14, no. 7, 2019, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0219694. Wikidata ☰ Q16825427 entry