Eledone
Encyclopedia
Eledone is a genus
of octopus
es in the family
Octopodidae
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The species listed above with an asterisk (* ) are questionable and need further study to determine if they are valid species or synonyms.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of octopus
Octopus
The octopus is a cephalopod mollusc of the order Octopoda. Octopuses have two eyes and four pairs of arms, and like other cephalopods they are bilaterally symmetric. An octopus has a hard beak, with its mouth at the center point of the arms...
es in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Octopodidae
Octopodidae
Octopodidae is the family containing the majority of known octopus species.-Subfamilies and species:*Basal genus Vulcanoctopus*Genus incertae sedis Histoctopus*Subfamily Bathypolypodinae**Genus Bathypolypus**Genus Benthoctopus...
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Species
- Eledone caparti Adam, 1950
- Horned Octopus, Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck, 1798)
- Eledone gaucha Haimovici, 1988
- Combed Octopus, Eledone massyae Voss, 1964
- Eledone microsicya * (Rochebrune, 1884)
- Musky Octopus, Eledone moschataEledone moschataEledone moschata, the musky octopus, is a species of octopus that lives in the Mediterranean Sea. It grows up to long, and feeds on a wide range of crustaceans, molluscs and fish.-Distribution:...
(Lamarck, 1798) - Eledone nigra (Hoyle, 1910)
- Spongetip Octopus, Eledone palari Lu and Stranks, 1992
- Eledone thysanophora Voss, 1962
The species listed above with an asterisk (