Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri

Wülker's flapjack octopod[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Cephalopoda
Order:Octopoda
Family:Opisthoteuthidae
Genus:Grimpoteuthis
Species: G. wuelkeri
Binomial name
Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri
Grimpe, 1920[3]
Synonyms
  • Stauroteuthis wuelkeri[3]

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.[4] It is likely demersal.[2]

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".[1]

Its arms have around 60 to 70 suckers each,[4] and these suckers aren't sexually dimorphic.[1] A web covers about 2/3 of its arms.[4]


References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 260. ISBN 978-92-5-107989-8.
  2. 1 2 Allcock, Louise; Lyons, G (2014). "Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T163284A993781. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  3. 1 2 Cuvelier, Daphne; Bouchet, Philippe. "Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 Collins, Martin; Vecchione, Michael; Young, Richard E. "Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri". Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
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