Bathypolypus
Genus of molluscs
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Bathypolypus is a genus of octopuses in the monotypic family Bathypolypodidae.
| Bathypolypus | |
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| Bathypolypus valdiviae | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Bathypolypodidae Robson, 1929 |
| Genus: | Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921[1] |
| Type species | |
| Octopus arcticus (Fabricius, 1777) | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Species
Species in the genus Bathypolypus include:[3]
- Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1847)
- Bathypolypus arcticus arcticus – spoonarm octopus (Prosch, 1847)
- Bathypolypus arcticus proschi Muus, 1962
- Bathypolypus rubrostictus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008[4]
- Bathypolypus sponsalis – globose octopus (Fischer & Fischer, 1892)
- Bathypolypus valdiviae – boxer octopus (Thiele in Chun, 1915)
- Bathypolypus bairdii - Baird's Octopus Verrill, 1873
- Bathypolypus ergasticus P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892
- Bathypolypus pugniger Muus, 2002
- Bathypolypus rubrostictus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008
Synonyms:
- Bathypolypus salebrosus (Sasaki, 1920) is a synonym for Sasakiopus salebrosus (Sasaki, 1920)[5]
- Bathypolypus faeroensis (Frederick Stratten Russel|Russell) is a synonym for Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1847) (Fabricius, 1777)
