Grimpoteuthis pacifica
Grimpoteuthis pacifica, oral.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Grimpoteuthidae
Genus: Grimpoteuthis
Species:
G. pacifica
Binomial name
Grimpoteuthis pacifica
Hoyle, 1885[2]
Synonyms
  • Cirroteuthis pacifica[2]

Grimpoteuthis pacifica is an octopus known from one badly damaged specimen. It is not completely described, and it is not easily separated from some other species of octopus. Nothing clearly differentiates G. pacifica from Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium except for its type locality.[3]

Description and habitat

A black-and-white drawing of an octopus arm.
Arm of Grimpoteuthis megaptera

The specimen was captured off Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific Ocean in 1885, more specifically in the Coral Sea, where it was 4,500 meters below sea level. Grimpoteuthis pacifica is probably demersal.[1]

Its fins are 55 millimeters long.[4] Each arm has 52 suckers, the largest of which are 2.5 millimeters across. Its arms range in length from 130 millimeters long to 170 millimeters long, and its eyes are very large.[3]

The octopus is a deep purple color, though some parts are paler.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Lyons, G.; Allcock, L. (2014). "Grimpoteuthis pacifica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T163121A974477. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T163121A974477.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 van der Land, Jacob; Bouchet, Philippe. "Grimpoteuthis pacifica". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Vecchione, Michael; Young, Richard E. "Grimpoteuthis pacifica". Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  4. ↑ 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. 263. ISBN 978-92-5-107989-8. Retrieved 26 April 2018.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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