| Wülker's flapjack octopod | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Grimpoteuthidae |
| Genus: | Grimpoteuthis |
| Species: | G. wuelkeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri Grimpe, 1920 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri is a medium-sized octopus characterized from multiple specimens.
Description and habitat
This octopus is known from the continental slope in the northern Atlantic Ocean at 2,055 meters deep. It is likely demersal.
At maximum, its body is 400 millimeters long, and its mantle is 115 millimeters long. Its fin span is around 70% of the octopus' total length. The shell is shaped like a letter "U".
Its arms have around 60 to 70 suckers each, and these suckers aren't sexually dimorphic. A web covers about 2/3 of its arms. It has a robust shell, with a thick basal portion, and strong attachments from their fins.
References
- ^ 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: FAO. p. 260. ISBN 978-92-5-107989-8.
- ^ Lyons, G.; Allcock, L. (2014). "Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T163284A993781. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T163284A993781.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Cuvelier, Daphne; Bouchet, Philippe. "Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ Collins, Martin; Vecchione, Michael; Young, Richard E. "Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri". Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- Collins, Martin (1 September 2003). "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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri | |
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