| 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, 19231 |
| 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
References
- Philippe Bouchet (2017). "Cirroctopodidae Collins & Villenueva, 2006". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- 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/
- Patrizia Jereb; Clyde F.E. Roper; Mark D. Norman; Julian K. Finn, eds. (2016). Cephalopds of the World An Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Cephalopods species known to date Volume 3 Octopods and Vampire Squids (PDF). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. ISBN 9789251079898.