This article may be too technical for most readers to understand.(August 2021) |
Glass octopus | |
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Belly view of female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Octopoda |
Family: | Amphitretidae |
Genus: | Vitreledonella Joubin, 1918 |
Species: | V. richardi
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Binomial name | |
Vitreledonella richardi | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Vitreledonella richardi, also known as the glass octopus, is an incirrate octopus. It is in the genus Vitreledonella and of the family Amphitretidae.