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    Umbrella octopuses (family Opisthoteuthidae) are a group of pelagic octopuses. Umbrella octopuses are characterized by a web of skin between the arms,...
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    paraphyletic, i.e. it is not a single clade. Instead, a clade containing Opisthoteuthidae and Cirroctopodidae is sister to the Octopodida, while a clade containing...
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    fins. These fins are proportionally much larger than in the related Opisthoteuthidae, and allow for much stronger swimming using the fins alone (unlike...
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    Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Octopoda Family: Opisthoteuthidae Genus: Opisthoteuthis Species: O. californiana Binomial name Opisthoteuthis...
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    "First in situ observation of Cephalopoda at hadal depths (Octopoda: Opisthoteuthidae: Grimpoteuthis sp.)". Marine Biology. 167 (6). article 82. doi:10...
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    "First in situ observation of Cephalopoda at hadal depths (Octopoda: Opisthoteuthidae: Grimpoteuthis sp.)". Marine Biology. 167 (82). Bibcode:2020MarBi.167...
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    been done by Piertney, who used ribosomal DNA sequencing to place the Opisthoteuthidae as a sister family of Grimpoteuthis, Luteuthis, and Cryptoteuthis....
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    (incertae sedis) Suborder Cirrina: finned deep-sea octopus Family Opisthoteuthidae: umbrella octopus Family Cirroteuthidae Family Stauroteuthidae Suborder...
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  • Thumbnail for Opisthoteuthis depressa
    Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Octopoda Family: Opisthoteuthidae Genus: Opisthoteuthis Species: O. depressa Binomial name Opisthoteuthis...
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    On 19 August 2018, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 4584 endangered species, subspecies, stocks and subpopulations. Diporochaeta pounamu...
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  • testing, for example, confirmed O. bruuni as a member of the family Opisthoteuthidae. The octopus was named for Anton Bruun, a Danish ichthyologist. Lyons...
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    Cirroteuthis — saddle-shaped, with large wings Cirrothauma — butterfly-shaped Opisthoteuthidae Cirroctopus — V-shaped, lateral wings tapering to fine points Cryptoteuthis...
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    Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Octopoda Family: Opisthoteuthidae Genus: Opisthoteuthis Verrill, 1883 Type species Opisthoteuthis agassizii...
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    Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Octopoda Family: Opisthoteuthidae Genus: Opisthoteuthis Species: O. chathamensis Binomial name Opisthoteuthis...
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  • Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Octopoda Suborder: Cirrina Family: Opisthoteuthidae Genus: Opisthoteuthis Species: O. mero Binomial name Opisthoteuthis...
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  • Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Octopoda Family: Opisthoteuthidae Genus: Opisthoteuthis Species: O. albatrossi Binomial name Opisthoteuthis...
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  • Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Octopoda Family: Opisthoteuthidae Genus: Opisthoteuthis Species: O. calypso Binomial name Opisthoteuthis...
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  • Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Octopoda Family: Opisthoteuthidae Genus: Opisthoteuthis Species: O. persephone Binomial name Opisthoteuthis...
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    meters beneath the water's surface. Like other members of its family, Opisthoteuthidae, G. meangensis could be demersal. The second specimen was discovered...
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  • Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Octopoda Family: Opisthoteuthidae Genus: Opisthoteuthis Species: O. hardyi Binomial name Opisthoteuthis...
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  • As of 19 August 2018, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has identified 3,005 critically endangered species, subspecies, stocks and subpopulations...
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  • Thumbnail for Opisthoteuthis grimaldii
    Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Octopoda Family: Opisthoteuthidae Genus: Opisthoteuthis Species: O. grimaldii Binomial name Opisthoteuthis...
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  • Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Octopoda Family: Opisthoteuthidae Genus: Opisthoteuthis Species: O. massyae Binomial name Opisthoteuthis...
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    Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Octopoda Family: Opisthoteuthidae Genus: Opisthoteuthis Species: O. medusoides Binomial name Opisthoteuthis...
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  • Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Octopoda Family: Opisthoteuthidae Genus: Opisthoteuthis Species: O. philipii Binomial name Opisthoteuthis...
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  • In August 2018, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 6086 Vulnerable species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and sub-populations in the...
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  • Thumbnail for Opisthoteuthis extensa
    Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Octopoda Family: Opisthoteuthidae Genus: Opisthoteuthis Species: O. extensa Binomial name Opisthoteuthis...
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  • dongshaensis sp. nov., from the South China Sea (Octopoda: Cirrata: Opisthoteuthidae)" (PDF). Zoological Studies. 49 (3): 405–420. Lu, Chung Cheng; Young...
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  • Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Octopoda Family: Opisthoteuthidae Genus: Opisthoteuthis Species: O. pluto Binomial name Opisthoteuthis...
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  • Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Octopoda Family: Opisthoteuthidae Genus: Opisthoteuthis Species: O. borealis Binomial name Opisthoteuthis...
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