Galeoctopus

Galeoctopus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Genus: Galeoctopus
Norman, Boucher & Hochberg, 2004[1]
Species:
G. lateralis
Binomial name
Galeoctopus lateralis
Norman, Boucher & Hochberg, 2004

Galeoctopus lateralis, the sharkclub octopus, is a species of octopus, from the family Octopodidae. This species was described in 2004 from specimens collected at depths of 200–400 m in the southern and western Pacific Ocean. It is a small octopus in which the mature males have a distinctive ligula which superficially resembles a shark's jaw and head including teeth‐like lugs. Other distinguishing characteristics include a lateral mantle ridge, a skin sculpture which includes star-shaped papillae, and the females have oviducts with hare distally swollen.[2]

References

  1. ^ Julian Finn (2017). "Galeoctopus lateralis Norman, Boucher & Hochberg, 2004". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  2. ^ Mark D. Norman; Renata Boucher; F. G. Hochberg (2004). "The Sharkclub Octopus, Galeoctopus lateralis, a new genus and species from the Western Pacific Ocean (Cephalopoda: Ooctopodidae)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 70 (3): 247–256. doi:10.1093/mollus/70.3.247. Abstract.

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