Bathypolypus rubrostictus

Bathypolypus rubrostictus is a species of octopus in the family Bathypolypodidae. Only one male specimen has been found.[2][3]

Bathypolypus rubrostictus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Bathypolypodidae
Genus: Bathypolypus
Species:
B. rubrostictus
Binomial name
Bathypolypus rubrostictus
Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008[1]

Distribution

B. rubrostictus was initially identified from a specimen off the coast of the Ryuku Islands in the South China Sea off the coast of Japan. It inhabits the upper bathyal waters at 350-370 m. Unlike all other species in the genus Bathypolypus, B. rubrostictus lives in the Pacific Ocean, while all the other species in its genus inhabit the Atlantic Ocean.[3]

Description

This species is 20 mm in mantle length (ML) and its arms are short and stubby (2-2.5 times ML). Its body is covered with small, brown-red spots, and its web is pale reddish-brown. Like most deep-sea octopuses and all species in the genus Bathypolypus, B. rubrostictus lacks an ink sac.[3]

Ecology

Nothing is known of their lifespan, diet, or biology, as only a single specimen has been discovered. [3]

References
  1. MolluscaBase. "Bathypolypus rubrostictus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008". WoRMS. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. "Bathypolypus rubrostictus". BISMaL. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  3. "Two new species of pygmy octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae)" (PDF). Molluscan Research. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
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