Cirroctopus
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| Cirroctopus | |
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| Preserved octopus of genus Cirroctopus found near the Antarctic Peninsula | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Suborder: | Cirrata |
| Family: | Cirroctopodidae Collins & Villenueva, 2006 |
| Genus: | Cirroctopus Naef, 1923[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cirroctopus mawsoni (Berry, 1917)
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Cirroctopus is a genus of four species of octopuses within the monotypic family Cirroctopodidae. Members of this genus have larger fins than other cirrate octopuses, and tend to be more muscular.[2] They are found in the southern hemisphere, where they live at depths of over 300m.[3]
References
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- ^ Vecchione, Michael and Richard E. Young. 2016. Cirroctopodidae Collins and Villanueva 2006. Cirroctopus Naef, 1923. Version 27 February 2016 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Cirroctopus/20103/2016.02.27 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
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