Grimpoteuthis discoveryi

Grimpoteuthis discoveryi
Specimen collected in 2009
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Grimpoteuthidae
Genus: Grimpoteuthis
Species:
G. discoveryi
Binomial name
Grimpoteuthis discoveryi
Collins, 2003

Grimpoteuthis discoveryi is a small species of octopus known from more than 50 specimens. It was described in 2003, but specimens have been found as early as 1910. The type species was found at 49°35'N, 14°01'W.

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