Biology:Microeledone
| Microeledone | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Megaleledonidae |
| Genus: | Microeledone Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2004 |
| Species: | M. mangoldi
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| Binomial name | |
| Microeledone mangoldi Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2004[1]
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Microeledone mangoldi, the sickle-tooth pygmy octopus,[2] is a species of octopus from the family Megaleledonidae. This species was described in 2004, the type specimen being a male which was collected from a depth of approximately 1,000 m (3,300 ft) near the Norfolk Ridge, in the southwest Pacific Ocean near New Caledonia. It is a very small octopus which has a single row of suckers, lacks an ink sac and has a radula with seven rows of teeth with the unique central tooth, called the rechidian tooth, being curved with a grooved tip. The remaining teeth are flat and plate like and so are also distinctive.[3] The smooth creamy-pink body lacks any chromatophores.[2] The specific name honours the Swiss malacologist and marine biologist Katharina Mangold-Wirz (1922-2003).[4]
References
- ↑ Julian Finn (2016). "Microeledone Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2004". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456053. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Amanda Reid (2016). Cephalopds of Australia. CSIRO. ISBN 1486303951.
- ↑ Mark D. Norman; F.G. Hochberg; Renata Boucher-Rodoni (2004). "Microeledone mangoldi n.gen. and n.sp., a deep-water pygmy octopus from the Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae)". Molluscan Research 24: 193–209. http://www.publish.csiro.au/mr/pdf/mr04012.
- ↑ "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. M.". Hans G. Hansson. http://www.bemon.loven.gu.se/petymol.m.html. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q18594524 entry
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