Bathypolypus rubrostictus
Bathypolypus rubrostictus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Octopoda |
Family: | Bathypolypodidae |
Genus: | Bathypolypus |
Species: | B. rubrostictus
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Binomial name | |
Bathypolypus rubrostictus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008[1]
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Bathypolypus rubrostictus is a species of octopus in the family Bathypolypodidae. Only one male specimen has been found.[2][3]
Distribution
[edit]B. rubrostictus was initially identified from a specimen off the coast of the Ryukyu Islands in the South China Sea off the coast of Japan. It inhabits the upper bathyal waters at 350-370 m. Unlike all other species in the genus Bathypolypus, B. rubrostictus lives in the Pacific Ocean, while all the other species in its genus inhabit the Atlantic Ocean.[3]
Description
[edit]This species is 20 mm in mantle length (ML) and its arms are short and stubby (2-2.5 times ML). Its body is covered with small, brown-red spots, and its web is pale reddish-brown. Like most deep-sea octopuses and all species in the genus Bathypolypus, B. rubrostictus lacks an ink sac.[3]
Ecology
[edit]Nothing is known of their lifespan, diet, or biology, as only a single specimen has been discovered. [3]
References
[edit]- ^ MolluscaBase. "Bathypolypus rubrostictus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008". WoRMS. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Bathypolypus rubrostictus". BISMaL. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Two new species of pygmy octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae)" (PDF). Molluscan Research. Retrieved 19 June 2018.