Graneledone boreopacifica
| Graneledone boreopacifica | |
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| G. boreopacifica on the Davidson Seamount at 1,973 m depth | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Octopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Graneledoninae |
| Genus: | Graneledone |
| Species: | G. boreopacifica |
| Binomial name | |
| Graneledone boreopacifica Nesis, 1982 | |
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Graneledone boreopacifica is an octopus in the family Octopodidae. It can be found in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
The holotype of this species measures 9 cm in mantle length.[1]
The type specimen was collected in the Pacific Ocean (50°N, 151°E) and is deposited at the Zoological Institute in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[2]
A female Graneledone boreopacifica was observed in the Monterey Canyon by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, brooding her eggs for a record 53 months, making this the longest brooding or pregnancy period known in the animal kingdom.[3]
References
- ↑ Hochberg, F.G. 1998. Class Cephalopoda. In: P.V. Scott & J.A. Blake (Eds.) Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and the Western Santa Barbara Channel: Vol. 8. Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
- ↑ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
- ↑ Chung, Emily (30 July 2014). "Octopus mom waits record 4.5 years for eggs to hatch". CBC News. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
External links
- "CephBase: Graneledone boreopacifica". Archived from the original on 2005.
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