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Cirroctopus
Sign in to saveCirroctopus is a genus of four species of octopuses within the monotypic family Cirroctopodidae. Members of this genus have larger fins than other cirrate octopuses, and tend to be more muscular. They are found in the southern hemisphere, where they live at depths of over 300m.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Cirroctopus is referenced by 14 other articles, and connects out to Cirrina, United Nations and Animalia.
It is catalogued under topics including Octopuses, Taxa named by Adolf Naef and Taxonbars with multiple manual Wikidata items.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassCephalopoda
- OrderOctopoda
- FamilyCirroctopodidae
Cirroctopus is een geslacht van weekdieren uit de familie van de Cirroctopodidae. Soorten Cirroctopus antarcticus (Kubodera & Okutani, 1986) Cirroctopus glacialis (Robson, 1930) Cirroctopus hochbergi O'Shea, 1999 Cirroctopus mawsoni (Berry, 1917)
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Cirroctopodidae
- Collections
- YPM, TMAG
- Recorded in
- Antarctica
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Cirroctopus is a genus of four species of octopuses within the monotypic family Cirroctopodidae. Members of this genus have larger fins than other cirrate octopuses, and tend to be more muscular. They are found in the southern hemisphere, where they live at depths of over 300m.
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