Grimpoteuthis pacifica

Grimpoteuthis pacifica
	Grimpoteuthis pacifica, oral.
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Family:	Opisthoteuthidae
Genus:	Grimpoteuthis
Species:	G. pacifica
Binomial name
	Grimpoteuthis pacifica; Hoyle, 1885[2]
Synonyms
	Cirroteuthis pacifica[2];

Grimpoteuthis pacifica is an octopus known from one badly damaged specimen. It's not completely described, and it's not easily separated from some other species of octopus. Nothing clearly differentiates G. pacifica from Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium except for its type locality.[3]

Description and habitat

Arm of Grimpoteuthis megaptera

The specimen was captured off Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific Ocean, more specifically in the Coral Sea, where it was 4,500 meters below sea level. Grimpoteuthis pacifica is probably demersal.[1]

Its fins are 55 millimeters long.[4] Each arm has 52 suckers, the largest of which are 2.5 millimeters across. Its arms range in length from 130 millimeters long to 170 millimeters long, and its eyes are very large.[3]

The octopus is a deep purple color, though some parts are paler.[3]

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References

Allcock, Louise; Lyons, G (2014). "Grimpoteuthis pacifica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T163121A974477. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T163121A974477.en.
van der Land, Jacob; Bouchet, Philippe. "Grimpoteuthis pacifica". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
Vecchione, Michael; Young, Richard E. "Grimpoteuthis pacifica". Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
Jereb, Patrizia; Roper, Clyde F.E.; Norman, Mark D.; Finn, Julian K., eds. (2016). Cephalopods of the World: an Annotated and Illustrated Catalog of Cephalopods Known to Date Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids (PDF). Rome. p. 263. ISBN 978-92-5-107989-8. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

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[IUCN-1] Allcock, Louise; Lyons, G (2014). "Grimpoteuthis pacifica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T163121A974477. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T163121A974477.en.

[WoRMS-2] van der Land, Jacob; Bouchet, Philippe. "Grimpoteuthis pacifica". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 June 2018.

[TOL-3] Vecchione, Michael; Young, Richard E. "Grimpoteuthis pacifica". Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 6 June 2018.

[FAO-4] Jereb, Patrizia; Roper, Clyde F.E.; Norman, Mark D.; Finn, Julian K., eds. (2016). Cephalopods of the World: an Annotated and Illustrated Catalog of Cephalopods Known to Date Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids (PDF). Rome. p. 263. ISBN 978-92-5-107989-8. Retrieved 26 April 2018.