Adelieledone

Adelieledone is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae.

Adelieledone
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Megaleledonidae
Genus: Adelieledone
Allcock, Hochberg, Rodhouse & Thorpe, 2003[1]
Type species
Adelieledone adelieana
(Berry, 1917)
Species

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According to the Census of Marine Life, it may be the closest living relative of the Antarctic ancestor of all octopus species that lived 30 million years ago.[2] It is placed in the family Megaleledonidae by some authorities[1] and in the Octopodidae by others.[3]

Species
  • Adelieledone adelieana
  • Adelieledone polymorpha, Antarctic knobbed octopus

References
  1. Julian Finn (2017). "Adelieledone Allcock, Hochberg, Rodhouse & Thorpe, 2003". World Register of Marine Species. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. Doyle, Alister (2008-11-09). "Octopuses had Antarctic ancestor: marine census". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2009-04-14. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  3. Palomares, M. L. D. and Pauly, D., eds. (2017). "Adelieledone adelieana" in SeaLifeBase. October 2017 version.


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