Category
page 1Molluscs of the Southern Ocean
colossal squid
species of mollusc
Psychroteuthis glacialis
species of mollusc
Kondakovia longimana
species of mollusc
Martialia hyadesi
Martialia is a genus of flying squids in the family Ommastrephidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Martialia hyadesii, commonly known as the sevenstar flying squid. It has a maximum mantle length of 400 mm, although it is typically 350 mm, with a body weighing up to 820 g.
Galiteuthis glacialis
species of mollusc
Alluroteuthis antarcticus
species of mollusc
Todarodes filippovae
species of mollusc
Laevipilina antarctica
species of mollusc
Laevipilina theresae
species of mollusc
Moroteuthis ingens
species of mollusc
Parateuthis tunicata
Parateuthis tunicata, the only known member of the genus Parateuthis, is the scientific name currently given to a species of squid based on a single specimen. The validity of Parateuthis and of P. tunicata is uncertain. The sole specimen was found in the Antarctic Ocean, and is held in the repository at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Germany.
Powellisetia
Powellisetia is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks micromollusks in the family Rissoidae. The genus is primarily found in the Southern Hemisphere.
Benthoctopus levis
species of mollusc
Clione antarctica
species of mollusc
Turquet's Octopus
species of mollusc
Falsimargarita gemma
species of mollusc
Bathypurpurata profunda
Bathypurpurata is a genus of incirrate octopus in the family Megaleledonidae from the Antarctic Ocean. The genus has only one species, Bathypurpurata profunda, a small purple octopus which lacks an ink sac and has a single row of suckers and a very large salivary gland. It was described in 2005 from a type specimen caught between the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Shetland Islands.
Eatoniella demissa
species of mollusc