''Muusoctopus'' is a cosmopolitan genus of deep-sea

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Enteroctopodidae Enteroctopodidae is a small family of octopuses. This family was formerly considered a subfamily of the family Octopodidae ''sensu lato ''Sensu'' is a Latin word meaning "in the sense of". It is used in a number of fields including biology, ...

. These are small to medium-sized octopuses which lack an

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. Abstract. Recent work has suggested that these octopuses originated in the

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and subsequently moved into the

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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'' (

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, 1920) *'' Muusoctopus berryi'' ( Robson, 1924) *'' Muusoctopus bizikovi'' Gleadall, Guerrero-Kommritz, Hochberg & Laptikhovsky, 2010 *'' Muusoctopus canthylus'' (

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& Pearcy, 1990) *'' Muusoctopus clyderoperi'' (O'Shea, 1999) *''

Muusoctopus eicomar ''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 Atlant ...

'' (Vega, 2009) *'' Muusoctopus eureka'' (Robson, 1929) *'' Muusoctopus fuscus'' (Taki, 1964) *'' Muusoctopus hokkaidensis'' (

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, 1921) *'' Muusoctopus hydrothermalis'' (González & Guerra in González, Guerra, Pascual & Briand, 1998) *''

Muusoctopus januarii ''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 Atlant ...

'' ( Hoyle, 1885) *''

Muusoctopus johnsonianus ''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 Atlant ...

'' (Allcock, Strugnell, Ruggiero & Collins, 2006) *''

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 Atlant ...

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Muusoctopus leioderma ''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 Atlant ...

'' (Berry, 1911) *''

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 ...

'' (Hoyle, 1885) *''

Muusoctopus longibrachus ''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 Atlant ...

'' (Ibáñez, Sepúlveda & Chong, 2006) *''

Muusoctopus oregonae ''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 Atlant ...

'' (Toll, 1981) *''

Muusoctopus oregonensis ''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 Atlant ...

'' (Voss & Pearcy, 1990) *''

Muusoctopus profundorum ''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 Atlant ...

'' (Robson, 1932) *''

Muusoctopus pseudonymus ''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 Atlant ...

'' ( Grimpe, 1922) *''

Muusoctopus rigbyae ''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 Atlant ...

'' (Vecchione, Allcock, Piatkowski & Strugnell, 2009) *' (Voss & Pearcy, 1990) *'' Muusoctopus sibiricus'' (Loyning, 1930) *'' Muusoctopus tangaroa'' (O'Shea, 1999) *'' Muusoctopus tegginmathae'' (O'Shea, 1999) *'' Muusoctopus thielei'' (Robson, 1932) *'' Muusoctopus violescens'' (Taki, 1964) *'' Muusoctopus yaquinae'' (Voss & Pearcy, 1990)

References

Cephalopod genera Enteroctopodidae {{Octopus-stub