Adelieledone
Adelieledone is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae.
Adelieledone | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Octopoda |
Family: | Megaleledonidae |
Genus: | Adelieledone Allcock, Hochberg, Rodhouse & Thorpe, 2003[1] |
Type species | |
Adelieledone adelieana (Berry, 1917) | |
Species | |
See text. |
According to the Census of Marine Life, it may be the closest living relative of the Antarctic ancestor of all octopus species that lived 30 million years ago.[2] It is placed in the family Megaleledonidae by some authorities[1] and in the Octopodidae by others.[3]
Species
- Adelieledone adelieana
- Adelieledone polymorpha, Antarctic knobbed octopus
References
- Julian Finn (2017). "Adelieledone Allcock, Hochberg, Rodhouse & Thorpe, 2003". World Register of Marine Species. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- Doyle, Alister (2008-11-09). "Octopuses had Antarctic ancestor: marine census". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2009-04-14. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
- Palomares, M. L. D. and Pauly, D., eds. (2017). "Adelieledone adelieana" in SeaLifeBase. October 2017 version.
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