Muusoctopus levis

Muusoctopus levis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Enteroctopodidae
Genus: Muusoctopus
Species:
M. levis
Binomial name
Muusoctopus levis
(Hoyle, 1885)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Benthoctopus levis (Hoyle, 1885)
  • Octopus levis Hoyle, 1885
  • Polypus levis (Hoyle, 1885)

Muusoctopus levis is a species of octopus in the family Enteroctopodidae.[1] It was first described by William Evans Hoyle in 1885 in an article in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History detailing the new species of octopus found on HMS Challenger as part of the Challenger expedition; the type specimen was retrieved from the Southern Ocean.[2] The species is found in subantarctic waters[3] in the Southern Ocean, particularly surrounding Heard Island and Kerguelen Island,[2] but specimens comparable to M. levis have also been found at the Antarctic Peninsula.[4]

  1. ^ a b c Julian Finn (2016). "Muusoctopus levis (Hoyle, 1885)". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b K. L. Lamprell; A. M. Scheltema; J. M. Healy (2001). Zoological Catalogue of Australia: Mollusca, Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda. CSIRO Publishing. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-643-06707-3.
  3. ^ Michael Vecchione; Louise Allcock; Uwe Piatkowski; Jan Strugnell (2009). "Benthoctopus rigbyae, n. sp., a new species of cephalopod (Octopoda; Incirrata) from near the Antarctic Peninsula" (PDF). Malacologia. 15 (1): 13–28. doi:10.4002/040.051.0102. S2CID 85351658.
  4. ^ Alan J. Southward; Craig M. Young; Lee A. Fuiman (2006). Advances in Marine Biology. Vol. 50. Academic Press. p. 207.