Biology:Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium

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Short description: Species of octopus

Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium
Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium hoyle.jpg
Drawing of Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium by its discoverer, William Evans Hoyle.
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Grimpoteuthidae
Genus: Grimpoteuthis
Species:
G. hippocrepium
Binomial name
Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium
Hoyle, 1904 [2]

Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium is a species of octopus. It is only known from one specimen found in 1904, which was poorly preserved. Some characteristics G. hippocrepium are unknown.[3]

Description and range

The type specimen of G. hippocrepium was found near Colombia in the eastern Pacific Ocean.[4] This octopus has over 50 suckers on its arms, and a shell that is like a horseshoe in shape, while its body is around 80 millimeters long.[3] It lives at about 3,332 meters deep.[5] G. hippocrepium could be a demersal species. It is not used by humans.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2329570 entry