Tetracheledone

Tetracheledone
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Megaleledonidae
Genus: Tetracheledone
Voss, 1955
Species:
T. spinicirrhus
Binomial name
Tetracheledone spinicirrhus
Voss, 1955[1]

Tetracheledone spinicirrhus, the spiny-horn octopus,[2] is a species of benthic octopus it is the only species in the monotypic genus Tetracheledone which is classified in the family Megaleledonidae.[1] It is found in the tropical western North Atlantic Ocean and in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. It has a mantle length of 10 cm and it can be found in areas with a substrate of sand and mud,[2] at depths of between 200 m and 400 m. It has quite long arms with a single row of suckers and a wide web connecting the arms with two large warty horns over the eyes. The mantle is globular and the mantle, head, arms and web are densely covered with large stellate tubercules.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Julian Finn (2016). "Tetracheledone spinicirrhus Voss, 1955". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b Palomares ML, Pauly D, eds. (2017). "Tetracheledone spinicirrhus" in SeaLifeBase. October 2017 version.
  3. ^ Guia de Campo de Las Especies Comerciales Marinas Y de Aguas Salobres de la Costa Septentrional de Syr America (in Spanish). Food and Agriculture Organization. p. 101.

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