Family
Megaleledonidae
5 species
The list of species of Megaleledonidae family
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The list of species of Megaleledonidae family
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Graneledone boreopacifica is an octopus in the family Megaleledonidae. It can be found in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.The holotype of this species measures 9 cm in mantle length.The type specimen was collected in the Pacific Ocean (50°N,...
Velodona togata is a species of octopus in the monotypic genus Velodona. First described by Carl Chun in 1915, with a second subspecies discovered by Guy Coburn Robson in 1924, it was named for the distinctive membranes on its arms.Described as...
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...
Graneledone yamana is a species of octopus in the genus Graneledone. G. yamana is assigned to this genus because of the absence of an ink sac and crop, the presence of cartilaginous warts covering the body cavity, uniserial suckers on the arms, and...
Turquet's octopus (Pareledone turqueti ) is a species of benthic octopus with a circumpolar Antarctic distribution. The species has a wide depth range, occurring from shallow waters to 4,000 m deep.P. turqueti grows to 15 cm in mantle length. It is...