Graneledone boreopacifica

Graneledone boreopacifica is an octopus in the family Megaleledonidae. It can be found in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

Graneledone boreopacifica
G. boreopacifica on the Davidson Seamount at 1,973 m depth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Megaleledonidae
Genus: Graneledone
Species:
G. boreopacifica
Binomial name
Graneledone boreopacifica
Nesis, 1982
Synonyms
  • Graneledone pacifica
    Voss & Pearcy, 1990

The holotype of this species measures 9 cm in mantle length.[1]

The type specimen was collected in the Pacific Ocean (50°N, 151°E) and is deposited at the Zoological Institute in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[2]

A female Graneledone boreopacifica was observed in the Monterey Canyon by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, brooding her eggs for a record 53 months, making this the longest brooding or pregnancy period known in the animal kingdom. This also makes it the longest living octopus – most octopuses only live for 1 or 2 years – which this octopus beats with its brooding period alone.[3][4] Female Graneledone boreopacifica tend to brood their eggs between the depths of 1200 and 2000 m; the eggs were never unattended.[5]

References
  1. Hochberg, F.G. 1998. Class Cephalopoda. In: P.V. Scott & J.A. Blake (Eds.) Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and the Western Santa Barbara Channel: Vol. 8. Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
  2. Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
  3. Chung, Emily (30 July 2014). "Octopus mom waits record 4.5 years for eggs to hatch". CBC News. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  4. Robison, Bruce; Seibel, Brad; Drazen, Jeffrey (2014-07-30). "Deep-Sea Octopus (Graneledone boreopacifica) Conducts the Longest-Known Egg-Brooding Period of Any Animal". PLOS ONE. 9 (7): e103437. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103437. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4116195. PMID 25075745.
  5. Robison, Bruce; Seibel, Brad; Drazen, Jeffrey (2014). "Deep-Sea Octopus (Graneledone boreopacifica) Conducts the Longest-Known Egg-Brooding Period of Any Animal". PLOS ONE. 9 (7): e103437. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103437. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4116195. PMID 25075745.


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