''Bathypolypus'' is a

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es in the

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Bathypolypodidae. It has five described

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Species

Species in the

''Bathypolypus'' include: * ''

Bathypolypus arcticus ''Bathypolypus arcticus'', the North Atlantic octopus, deep sea octopus or spoonarm octopus is a small species of demersal octopus of the North Atlantic. It is usually found at depths of where the temperature is between . Description ''Bathyp ...

'' ( Prosch, 1847) ** ''

Bathypolypus arcticus arcticus ''Bathypolypus'' is a genus of octopuses in the monotypic family Bathypolypodidae. It has five described species. Species Species in the genus ''Bathypolypus'' include: * '' Bathypolypus arcticus'' ( Prosch, 1847) ** '' Bathypolypus arcticus arc ...

'' – spoonarm octopus (Prosch, 1847) ** ''

Bathypolypus arcticus proschi ''Bathypolypus'' is a genus of octopuses in the monotypic family Bathypolypodidae. It has five described species. Species Species in the genus ''Bathypolypus'' include: * '' Bathypolypus arcticus'' ( Prosch, 1847) ** ''Bathypolypus arcticus arct ...

'' Muus, 1962 * ''

Bathypolypus rubrostictus ''Bathypolypus rubrostictus'' is a species of octopus in the family Bathypolypodidae. Only one male specimen has been found. Distribution B. rubrostictus was initially identified from a specimen off the coast of the Ryuku Islands in the South Ch ...

'' Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008 * ''

Bathypolypus sponsalis ''Bathypolypus sponsalis'', commonly called the globose octopus, is a deep sea cephalopod that can be found in both the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It possesses many morphological traits adapted to a deep sea environment, in ...

'' – globose octopus (

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Bathypolypus valdiviae ''Bathypolypus valdiviae'', common name the boxer octopus or Valdivia bathyal octopus, is a species of octopus in the Bathypolypodidae family. It is endemic to the south Atlantic off southern Africa below a depth of 500m where it was one of the ...

'' – boxer octopus ( Thiele in Chun, 1915) Synonyms: * ''Bathypolypus salebrosus'' (Sasaki, 1920) is a synonym for '' Sasakiopus salebrosus'' (Sasaki, 1920)Jorgensen E. M., Strugnell J. M. & Allcock A. L. (2010). "Description and phylogenetic relationships of a new genus of octopus, ''Sasakiopus'' (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae), from the Bering Sea, with a redescription of ''Sasakiopus salebrosus'' (Sasaki, 1920)". ''Journal of Molluscan Studies'' 76(1): 57-66. . * ''Bathypolypus faeroensis'' (Frederick Stratten Russel, Russell) is a synonym for ''

'' ( Prosch, 1847) ( Fabricius, 1777)

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* * Wood, J.B. 2000. Ph.D. Thesis, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Cephalopod genera Taxa named by Georg Grimpe Octopuses {{octopus-stub