Cirroctopus

Cirroctopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Suborder:	Cirrata
Family:	Cirroctopodidae; Collins & Villenueva, 2006
Genus:	Cirroctopus; Naef, 1923[1]
Type species
	Cirroctopus mawsoni; (Berry, 1917)
Species
	Cirroctopus antarctica (Kubodera & Okutani, 1986); Cirroctopus glacialis (Robson, 1930); Cirroctopus hochbergi O'Shea, 1999; Cirroctopus mawsoni (Berry, 1917);

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.[2] They are found in the southern hemisphere where they are found at depths of over 300m.[3]

References

Philippe Bouchet (2017). "Cirroctopodidae Collins & Villenueva, 2006". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
Vecchione, Michael and Richard E. Young. 2016. Cirroctopodidae Collins and Villanueva 2006. Cirroctopus Naef, 1923. Version 27 February 2016 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Cirroctopus/20103/2016.02.27 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
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 Organization of the United Nations, Rome. ISBN 9789251079898.

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[WoRMS-1] Philippe Bouchet (2017). "Cirroctopodidae Collins & Villenueva, 2006". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 5 February 2018.

[2] Vecchione, Michael and Richard E. Young. 2016. Cirroctopodidae Collins and Villanueva 2006. Cirroctopus Naef, 1923. Version 27 February 2016 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Cirroctopus/20103/2016.02.27 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

[FAO-3] 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 Organization of the United Nations, Rome. ISBN 9789251079898.