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Species of octopus

Grimpoteuthis plena
Black-and-white drawing of an octopus.
G. plena
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Grimpoteuthidae
Genus: Grimpoteuthis
Species: G. plena
Binomial name
Grimpoteuthis plena
Verrill, 1885
Synonyms
  • Cirroteuthis plena

Grimpoteuthis plena is known from only one specimen, which cannot be easily separated from other species of Grimpoteuthis in the Atlantic Ocean. This species may be a senior synonym to Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri (but has fewer suckers), but the poor condition of the only known specimen (the holotype) hinders comparison. Grimpoteuthis plena, along with G. wuelkeri and G. discoveryi, may all be junior synonyms of G. umbellata, but this also cannot be resolved given the poor condition of the only known G. umbellata specimen.

Description and habitat

Grimpoteuthis plena was found in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, at 1,963 meters deep. Like other members of Grimpoteuthidae, it could be demersal or bentho-pelagic. Specifically, the single known specimen of G. plena was collected at a latitude of 37º 35’N and a longitude of 71º 18’W in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, with other species of the same genus being found nearby. The single G. plena specimen was found in the year 1880 by Verrill.

The specimen's mantle reached 57 millimeters long, and its total length reached 185 millimeters. Some of its arms were longer than the others, with between 55 and 60 suckers per arm (largest suckers 2.5 millimeters in diameter). The octopus' cirri are short. Its fins are each 32 millimeters long. The eyes are small: each is 12 millimeters in diameter.

References

  1. Lyons, G.; Allcock, L. (2014). "Grimpoteuthis plena". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T163090A971748. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T163090A971748.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cuvelier, Daphne; Rosenberg, Gary; Bouchet, Philippe. "Grimpoteuthis plena". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  3. ^ Vecchione, Michael; Young, Richard E. "Grimpoteuthis plena". Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  4. ^ Collins, Martin A. (2003-09-01). "The genus Grimpoteuthis (Octopoda: Grimpoteuthidae) in the north-east Atlantic, with descriptions of three new species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 139 (1): 93–127. doi:10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00074.x. ISSN 0024-4082.
  5. ^ Collins, Martin; Villanueva, Roger (2006). "Taxonomy, ecology, and behaviour of the cirrate octopods". Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review. 44: 277–322.
  6. Gibson, R.N.; Atkinson, R. J. A.; Gordon, J. D. M. (2006). Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, Volume 44 (illustrated ed.). CRC Press. p. 298. ISBN 978-1420006391. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  7. ^ Jereb, Patrizia; Roper, Clyde F.E.; Norman, Mark D.; Finn, Julian K., eds. (2016). Cephalopods of the World: an Annotated and Illustrated Catalog of Cephalopods Known to Date Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids (PDF). Rome. p. 263. ISBN 978-92-5-107989-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Taxon identifiers
Grimpoteuthis plena
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