Thaumeledone

Thaumeledone
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Subfamily: Graneledoninae
Genus: Thaumeledone
Robson, 1930
Species

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Thaumeledone is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae found in deep waters in the Southern Hemisphere.

Characteristics

Members of this genus are found in deep waters in the Southern Hemisphere. They are small, squat-bodied, benthic octopuses with arms united by a web. A single row of suckers occurs on the arms. Most species have a deep purple pigmentation on the oral surface of the web. One arm in the male is modified into a hectocotylus. This has a large calamus at the end, giving it a club-like appearance.[1]

Species

These species are accepted by the World Register of Marine Species:[2]

References

  1. Strugnell, J. M., M. A. Collins, A. L. Allcock (2008). "Molecular evolutionary relationships of the octopodid genus Thaumeledone (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from the Southern Ocean" (PDF). Antarctic Science 20 (3): 245–51. doi:10.1017/s0954102008001132.
  2. Thaumeledone Robson, 1930 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Allcock, A. L., M.A. Collinsb, U. Piatkowskic, M. Vecchioned (2004). "Thaumeledone and other deep water octopodids from the Southern Ocean" (PDF). Deep-Sea Research Part II (Elsevier) 51: 1883–1901. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2004.07.019.

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