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Grimpoteuthis

Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Cephalopoda
Order:Octopoda
Family:Opisthoteuthidae
Genus:Grimpoteuthis
Robson, 1932
Species


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The octopuses of the genus Grimpoteuthis are also known as "Dumbo octopuses" from the ear-like fins protruding from the top of their "heads" (actually bodies), resembling the ears of Walt Disney's flying elephant. They are benthic creatures, living at extreme depths, and are some of the rarest of the Octopoda species. They can flush the transparent layer of their skin at will, and are open ocean animals, unlike most octopi.

Species

  • Red Jellyhead, Grimpoteuthis abyssicola
  • Grimpoteuthis bathynectes
  • Grimpoteuthis boylei
  • Grimpoteuthis challengeri
  • Grimpoteuthis discoveryi
  • Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium
  • Small Jellyhead, Grimpoteuthis innominata
  • Grimpoteuthis meangensis
  • Grimpoteuthis megaptera
  • Grimpoteuthis pacifica
  • Grimpoteuthis plena
  • Grimpoteuthis tuftsi
  • Grimpoteuthis umbellata
  • Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri - possibly same as G. umbellata or G. plena
Several species formerly placed in this genus were moved to other opisthoteuthid genera (see Collins 2003).

References

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Mollusca
Linnaeus, 1758

Classes

Caudofoveata
Aplacophora
Polyplacophora
Monoplacophora
Bivalvia
Scaphopoda
Gastropoda
Cephalopoda
† Rostroconchia
† Helcionelloida
† ?Bellerophontida
The molluscs
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Cephalopoda
Cuvier, 1797

Orders

Subclass Nautiloidea
  • †Plectronocerida
  • †Ellesmerocerida
  • †Actinocerida
  • †Pseudorthocerida
  • †Endocerida
  • †Tarphycerida
  • †Oncocerida

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Octopoda
Leach, 1818

Suborders

†Pohlsepia (incertae sedis)
†Proteroctopus (incertae sedis)
†Palaeoctopus (incertae sedis)
Cirrina
Incirrina
Synonyms

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Opisthoteuthidae
Verrill, 1896

Genera
Cirroctopus
Grimpoteuthis
Luteuthis
Opisthoteuthis

Umbrella octopuses or (family Opisthoteuthidae) are a group of pelagic octopuses.
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Guy Coburn Robson (1888 - 1945) was a British zoologist, specialising in Mollusca.

Robson studied at the marine biological station in Naples, and joined the staff of the Natural History Museum in 1911, becoming Deputy Keeper of the Zoology Department from 1931 to 1936.
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
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1929 1930 1931 - 1932 - 1933 1934 1935

Year 1932 (MCMXXXII
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species is one of the basic units of biological classification. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.
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Octopoda
Leach, 1818

Suborders

†Pohlsepia (incertae sedis)
†Proteroctopus (incertae sedis)
†Palaeoctopus (incertae sedis)
Cirrina
Incirrina
Synonyms

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genus (plural: genera) is part of the Latinized name for an organism. It is a name which reflects the classification of the organism by grouping it with other closely similar organisms.
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Dumbo 1941 release poster
Directed by Ben Sharpsteen
Produced by Walt Disney
Written by Helen Aberson (book)
Harold Perl (book)
Otto Englander (story direction)
Joe Grant
Dick Huemer
Starring Edward Brophy
Herman Bing
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Walter Elias Disney (December 5 1901 – December 15 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.
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Elephantidae
Gray, 1821

Subfamilia
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The elephants (Elephantidae) are a family in the order Proboscidea in the class Mammalia.
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benthic zone is the lowest level of a body of water, such as an ocean or a lake. It is inhabited by organisms that live in close relationship with (if not physically attached to) the ground, called benthos or benthic organisms.
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Octopoda
Leach, 1818

Suborders

†Pohlsepia (incertae sedis)
†Proteroctopus (incertae sedis)
†Palaeoctopus (incertae sedis)
Cirrina
Incirrina
Synonyms

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Opisthoteuthidae
Verrill, 1896

Genera
Cirroctopus
Grimpoteuthis
Luteuthis
Opisthoteuthis

Umbrella octopuses or (family Opisthoteuthidae) are a group of pelagic octopuses.
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society is the scientific journal of the Linnean Society published by Blackwell Publishing Limited.

According to EBSCOhost, it "[p]resents original papers on zoology with an emphasis on the diversity, systematics, interrelationships,
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