Cirroctopus

<i>Cirroctopus</i>

Cirroctopus

Genus of octopuses

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 live at depths of over 300m.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Philippe Bouchet (2017). "Cirroctopodidae Collins & Villenueva, 2006". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  2. [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/
  3. [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.
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