Bathypolypus is a genus of octopuses in the monotypic family Bathypolypodidae.
Species
Species in the genus Bathypolypus include:
- Bathypolypus arcticus <small>(Prosch, 1847)</small>
- Bathypolypus arcticus arcticus – spoonarm octopus <small>(Prosch, 1847)</small>
- Bathypolypus arcticus proschi <small>Muus, 1962</small>
- Bathypolypus rubrostictus <small>Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008</small>
- Bathypolypus sponsalis – globose octopus <small>(Fischer & Fischer, 1892)</small>
- Bathypolypus valdiviae – boxer octopus <small>(Thiele in Chun, 1915)</small>
- Bathypolypus bairdii - Baird's Octopus <small>Verrill, 1873</small>
- Bathypolypus ergasticus <small> P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892</small>
- Bathypolypus pugniger <small> Muus, 2002 </small>
- Bathypolypus rubrostictus <small>Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008</small>
Synonyms:
- Bathypolypus salebrosus <small>(Sasaki, 1920)</small> is a synonym for Sasakiopus salebrosus <small>(Sasaki, 1920)</small>
- Bathypolypus faeroensis <small> (Frederick Stratten Russel|Russell)</small> is a synonym for Bathypolypus arcticus <small>(Prosch, 1847)</small> (Fabricius, 1777)
References
External links
- Wood, J.B. 2000. Ph.D. Thesis, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.