Vitreledonella alberti
Appearance
Vitreledonella alberti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Octopoda |
Family: | Amphitretidae |
Genus: | Vitreledonella |
Species: | V. alberti
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Binomial name | |
Vitreledonella alberti Joubin, 1924
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Vitreledonella alberti is an incirrate octopus, in the genus Vitreledonella of the family Amphitretidae. It was named alberti in honor of Albert I, Prince of Monaco.
Description
It is a transparent octopus. It was discovered by Louis Joubin in 1924,[1] six years after the discovery of its better-known congener Vitreledonella richardi.
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