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Stauroteuthis
Sign in to saveStauroteuthis is a genus of deepwater cirrate octopus, a cephalopod mollusk. This is the only genus in the family Stauroteuthidae, and only three species have been described in this genus.
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Vinony's link graph records 15 inbound references to Stauroteuthis, and connects out to Mollusca, Animalia and Atlantic Ocean.
It is catalogued under topics including Octopuses and Taxa named by Addison Emery Verrill.
Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Balloon Octopus
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassCephalopoda
- OrderOctopoda
- FamilyStauroteuthidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 14
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Stauroteuthidae
- Collections
- USNM, YPM, NHMUK, UM-RSMAS, SBMNH
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Stauroteuthidae
- Image
- Stauroteuthis.jpg
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- Category:Stauroteuthis
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Encyclopedic overview
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Stauroteuthis is a genus of deepwater cirrate octopus, a cephalopod mollusk. This is the only genus in the family Stauroteuthidae, and only three species have been described in this genus.
The organisms live below water depth; although sometimes found as deep as underwater, they generally live at a water depth of around . They do not possess a radula.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stauroteuthis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.