Bathypolypus Explained

Bathypolypus is a genus of octopuses in the monotypic family Bathypolypodidae.

Species

Species in the genus Bathypolypus include:^[1]

• Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1847)
  • Bathypolypus arcticus arcticus  - spoonarm octopus (Prosch, 1847)
  • Bathypolypus arcticus proschi Muus, 1962
• Bathypolypus rubrostictus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008^[2]
• Bathypolypus sponsalis  - globose octopus (Fischer & Fischer, 1892)
• Bathypolypus valdiviae  - boxer octopus (Thiele in Chun, 1915)
• Bathypolypus bairdii - Baird's Octopus Verrill, 1873
• Bathypolypus ergasticus P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892
• Bathypolypus pugniger Muus, 2002
• Bathypolypus rubrostictus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008

Synonyms:

• Bathypolypus salebrosus (Sasaki, 1920) is a synonym for Sasakiopus salebrosus (Sasaki, 1920)^[3]
• Bathypolypus faeroensis (Frederick Stratten Russel|Russell) is a synonym for Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1847) (Fabricius, 1777)

External links

• • Wood, J.B. 2000. Web site: The natural history of Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch), a deep-sea octopus. .   Ph.D. Thesis, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Notes and References

1. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921 . 2023-05-28 . www.marinespecies.org.
2. Kaneko, N. & Kubodera, T. (2008). "Two new species of pygmy octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from deep water off the Ryukyu Archipelago, southern Japan." Molluscan Research 28(3): 145–157.
3. Jorgensen E. M., Strugnell J. M. & Allcock A. L. (2010). "Description and phylogenetic relationships of a new genus of octopus, Sasakiopus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae), from the Bering Sea, with a redescription of Sasakiopus salebrosus (Sasaki, 1920)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 76(1): 57-66. .