Cirrothauma
| Cirrothauma | |
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| Cirrothauma murrayi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Cirroteuthidae |
| Genus: | Cirrothauma Chun, 1911[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cirrothauma murrayi Chun, 1911
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Cirrothauma is a genus of deep water octopuses from the cirrate family Cirroteuthidae. The species of Cirrothauma are These are fragile, gelatinous deep-sea octopods which have a shell with a moderate saddle and triangular wings. Their eyes are either normal and have lenses, Cirrothauma murrayi or they are reduced eyes and do not have lenses, Cirrothauma magna. The two species were placed in Cirrothauma because they have similar shells.[2] These octopuses have been reported from all the world's oceans, except for the Southern Ocean.[3]
Species
There are two currently recognised species within the genus Cirrothauma[1]
- Cirrothauma magna (Hoyle, 1885)
- Cirrothauma murrayi Chun, 1911
References
- ^ a b Julian Finn (2016). "Cirrothauma Chun, 1911". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ Richard E. Young; Michael Vecchione (2012). "Cirrothauma Chun 1911". Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ Patrizia Jereb; Clyde F.E. Roper; Mark D. Norman; Julian K. Finn, eds. (2016). "Cephalopds of the World An Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Cephalopods species known to date Volume 3 Octopods and Vampire Squids" (PDF). Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome. p. 250. ISBN 9789251079898.