Genus of molluscs
Bathypolypus is a genus of octopuses in the monotypic family Bathypolypodidae .
Species in the genus Bathypolypus include:[3]
Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch , 1847)
Bathypolypus arcticus arcticus – spoonarm octopus (Prosch, 1847)
Bathypolypus arcticus proschi Muus, 1962
Bathypolypus rubrostictus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008 [4]
Bathypolypus sponsalis – globose octopus (Fischer & Fischer, 1892)
Bathypolypus valdiviae – boxer octopus (Thiele in Chun , 1915)
Bathypolypus bairdii - Baird's Octopus Verrill, 1873
Bathypolypus ergasticus P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892
Bathypolypus pugniger Muus, 2002
Bathypolypus rubrostictus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008 Synonyms:
^ Grimpe, G. (1921). "Teuthologische mitteilungen. VII. Systematische übersicht der nordsee-cephalopoden". Zoologischer Anzeiger , 52 (12/13), 299.
^ P. Bouchet; S. Gofas (2015). "Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921" . World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2 April 2017 .
^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921" . www.marinespecies.org . Retrieved 2023-05-28 .
^ Kaneko, N. & Kubodera, T. (2008). "Two new species of pygmy octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from deep water off the Ryukyu Archipelago, southern Japan. " Molluscan Research 28 (3): 145–157.
^ Jorgensen E. M., Strugnell J. M. & Allcock A. L. (2010). "Description and phylogenetic relationships of a new genus of octopus, Sasakiopus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae), from the Bering Sea, with a redescription of Sasakiopus salebrosus (Sasaki, 1920)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 76 (1): 57-66. doi :10.1093/mollus/eyp046 .