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Muusoctopus Karubar
''Muusoctopus'' is a cosmopolitan genus of deep-sea octopus from the family Enteroctopodidae. These are small to medium-sized octopuses which lack an ink sac. Abstract. Recent work has suggested that these octopuses originated in the North Atlantic and subsequently moved into the North Pacific while the species in the Southern Hemisphere are descended from multiple invasions from northern oceans. Abstract. Species These species are currently classified as members of the genus ''Muusoctopus'': *'' Muusoctopus abruptus'' (Sasaki, 1920) *'' Muusoctopus berryi'' ( Robson, 1924) *'' Muusoctopus bizikovi'' Gleadall, Guerrero-Kommritz, Hochberg & Laptikhovsky, 2010 *'' Muusoctopus canthylus'' (Voss & Pearcy, 1990) *'' Muusoctopus clyderoperi'' (O'Shea, 1999) *''Muusoctopus eicomar'' (Vega, 2009) *'' Muusoctopus eureka'' (Robson, 1929) *'' Muusoctopus fuscus'' (Taki, 1964) *'' Muusoctopus hokkaidensis'' (Berry, 1921) *'' Muusoctopus hydrothermalis'' (González & Guerra in González, Gue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muusoctopus Levis
''Muusoctopus levis'' is a species of octopus in the family Enteroctopodidae. 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 as part of the ''Challenger'' expedition; the type specimen was retrieved from the Southern Ocean. The species is found in subantarctic waters in the Southern Ocean, particularly surrounding Heard Island and Kerguelen Island, but specimens comparable to ''M. levis'' have also been found at the Antarctic Peninsula. Description It is known to inhabit shallow depths between . It is predatory, living and feeding in the benthic zone, where it feeds heavily on brittle stars. In a study in which the stomach contents of 70 specimens were examined, around 50 were shown to have fed only on brittle stars. A study on the reproductive strategies of coleoid cephalopods concluded, while "a simultaneous terminal spawning strategy is most likely" for ''M. l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
