Bathypolypus arcticus

Bathypolypus arcticus
Dorsal view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Bathypolypodidae
Genus: Bathypolypus
Species:
B. arcticus
Binomial name
Bathypolypus arcticus
(Prosch, 1847) [1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Sepia groenlandica Dewhurst, 1834
  • Bathypolypus lentus (Verrill, 1880)
  • Bathylpous obesus (Verrill, 1880)
  • Octopus arcticus Prosch, 1847
  • Octopus bairdii Verrill, 1873
  • Octopus lentus Verrill, 1880
  • Octopus obesus Verrill, 1880
  • Polypus arcticus (Prosch, 1847)

Bathypolypus arcticus, the North Atlantic octopus, deep sea octopus or spoonarm octopus is a small species of demersal octopus of the North Atlantic. It is usually found at depths of 200 to 600 m (660–1,970 ft) where the temperature is between 2 and 6 °C (36–43 °F).[2][3]

ventral view
  1. ^ a b "Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1847) North Atlantic octopus". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Bathypolypus arcticus". thecephalopodpage.org. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wood2000 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).