Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium
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| Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium | |
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| Drawing of Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium by its discoverer, William Evans Hoyle. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 of G. hippocrepium are unknown.[3]