Bathypolypus valdiviae explained

Bathypolypus valdiviae, common name the boxer octopus^[1] or Valdivia bathyal octopus,^[2] is a species of octopus in the Bathypolypodidae family. It is endemic to the south Atlantic off southern Africa below a depth of where it was one of the most commonly sampled cephalopods, taken mainly from the sea bed.^[3] The specific name commemorates the SS Valdivia the steamship used on the Valdivia Expedition of 1898-1899 and which was led by Carl Chun.^[4] In a recent 2021 study, geographic distribution of the species has expanded to waters off Guinea–Bissau.

References

Luna A, Rocha F, PeralesRaya C (2021). A review of cephalopods (Phylum: Mollusca) of the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem (Central-East Atlantic, African coast). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 101, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315420001356

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Bathypolypus valdiviae (Boxer Octopus) . Zipcodezoo.com . 2011-08-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121009013741/http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/B/Bathypolypus_valdiviae/ . 2012-10-09 .
2. Web site: Bathypolypus valdiviae (Thiele, 1915) . 2 April 2017 . . M.L.D. Palomares . D. Pauly . 2017.
3. M. A. C. Roeleveld . M. R. Lipiński . C. J. Augustyn . B. A. Stewart . 1992 . The distribution and abundance of cephalopods on the continental slope of the eastern South Atlantic . 10.2989/02577619209504738 . South African Journal of Marine Science . 12 . 1 . 739–752.
4. Web site: Book of the Week: The Valdivia Expedition . 2 April 2017 . . 2012 . Jacqueline Ford.
5. Luna A, Rocha F, PeralesRaya C (2021). A review of cephalopods (Phylum: Mollusca) of the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem (Central-East Atlantic, African coast). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 101, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315420001356