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Vitreledonella
Sign in to saveVitreledonella is a genus of mesopelagic octopods from the family Amphitretidae which contains two species, one of which is the glass octopus.
Species
Glass Octopus
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassCephalopoda
- OrderOctopoda
- FamilyAmphitretidae
Vitreledonella est un genre monotypique d'octopode incirrina de la famille Vitreledonellidae. Sommaire 1 Description 2 Liste d'espèces 3 Références 4 Références taxinomiques 4.1 Famille Vitreledonellidae 4.2 Genre Vitreledonella 5 Notes Description Les espèces de Vitreledonella ont un corps gélatineux, transparent (d'où leur nom) et parfois colorés. De ce fait on peut voir ses organes en l'observant. Ils ont une seule série de ventouses. Pour les photos et plus d'informations voir sa page sur le site Tolweb[1] Liste d'espèces Selon ITIS[2] : Vitreledonella alberti Joubin, 1924 Vitreledonella richardi Joubin, 1918 Références Joubin, 1918 : Etudes preliminaires sur les cephalopodes recueillis au cours des croisieres de S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco, 6e Note: Vitreledonella richardi Joubin. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco, vol. 340, p. 1-40. Robson, 1932 : A monograph of the recent Cephalopoda based on the collections in the British Museum (Natural History), II, The Octopoda (excluding the Octopodinae). Références taxinomiques Famille Vitreledonellidae (en) Référence Tree of Life Web Project : Vitreledonellidae (fr) Référence Catalogue of Life : Vitreledonellidae (fr+en)
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 14
- Family
- Amphitretidae
- Collections
- NMV, AM, YPM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand
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Encyclopedic overview
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- List of species
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Vitreledonella is a genus of mesopelagic octopods from the family Amphitretidae which contains two species, one of which is the glass octopus.
These octopods have the sucker on their arms arranged in a single series with the suckers widely separated from each other. The third left arm is hectocotylised with a spherical vesicle at the distal end and in males the other arms have suckers which are enlarged beyond the web. The eye has strong lateral compression with a near rectangular shape in lateral view and with the width equal to the diameter of the lens. There is a ventral, blunt rostrum-like extension on the eye which contains iridescent tissue above the eye. The opening to the mantle is broad, the radula is multicuspid and linear in form with the first and second lateral tooth each being unicuspid, which means that this species has a heteroglossan radula. The long and slender digestive gland is spindle-shaped and the stomach is positioned dorsally to the digestive gland.
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