Eledone caparti

Eledone caparti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Eledonidae
Genus: Eledone
Species:
E. caparti
Binomial name
Eledone caparti
Adam 1950[2]

Eledone caparti is a rare and little known species of benthic octopus from the Atlantic Ocean off the south-west coast of Africa. The egg masses of Eledone caparti have been found in the dissected stomachs of blue sharks.[3]

References

  1. ^ Allcock, L.; Taite, M.; Allen, G. (2018). "Eledone caparti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T162990A962322. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T162990A962322.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Adam W. 1950 Notes sur les Cephalopodes, XXII.- Deux nouvelles especes de la cote africaine occidentale Bulletin du Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, 26 (45) 1-9
  3. ^ Nesis, K.N & Nigmatullin, C.M 1978 A record of egg masses of the bottom octopus Eledone caparti in the stomachs of blue sharks Zoologichesky Zhurnal, 57(9):1324-1329 (Russian with English summary)


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