''Eledone'' is a genus of

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es forming the only genus in the family Eledonidae. It is mainly distributed in the northern and southern Atlantic Ocean, with one species, '' E. palari'', described from the southwestern Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean in waters around Indonesia and Australia and another, ''E. microsicya'', from the western Indian Ocean. One species, ''E. thysanophora'', is now regarded as a

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of the brush-tipped octopus (''Eledone schultzei'').

Species

The following species are currently classified as being in the genus ''Eledone'': * '' Eledone caparti''

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, 1950 * ''

Eledone cirrhosa The curled octopus (''Eledone cirrhosa''), also known as the horned octopus, lesser octopus or northern octopus, is a species of cephalopod found in the northeast Atlantic, ranging from Norway to the Mediterranean, including the British Isles. Th ...

'' (Lamarck, 1798) –

curled octopus The curled octopus (''Eledone cirrhosa''), also known as the horned octopus, lesser octopus or northern octopus, is a species of cephalopod found in the northeast Atlantic, ranging from Norway to the Mediterranean, including the British Isles. Th ...

* ''

Eledone gaucha ''Eledone gaucha'' is a species of octopus from the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a predator of fish, crabs, lobsters and molluscs. This octopus is a member of the genus ''Eledone'' and belongs to the family Eledonidae. It was distinguished fr ...

'' Haimovici, 1988 * ''

Eledone massyae ''Eledone massyae'', the combed octopus, is a small benthic octopus found off the Atlantic coasts of southern South America, particularly Argentina and southern Brazil. Description The body is rounded and slightly flattened dorso-ventrally. Th ...

'' Voss, 1964 – combed octopus * ''

Eledone microsicya ''Eledone microsicya'' is a little-known species of octopus An octopus ( : octopuses or octopodes, see below for variants) is a soft-bodied, eight- limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda (, ). The order consists of some 300 species and ...

'' * (

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, 1884) * ''

Eledone moschata ''Eledone moschata'', the musky octopus, is a species of octopus belonging to the family Octopodidae. Taxonomy The skin of the single specimen of ''Eledone microsicya'' is very similar to the skin of ''Eledone moschata'' and some authorities t ...

'' (Lamarck, 1798) – musky octopus * ''

Eledone nigra ''Eledone nigra'' is a little-known species of octopus described from one male and six females which were taken in Luderitz Bay, Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border ...

'' (Hoyle, 1910) * ''

Eledone palari ''Eledone palari'', the spongetip octopus, is a species of benthic octopus from the coastal waters of the eastern Indian Ocean and the south-western Pacific. The species was formally described in 1992 and is the first species of the genus '' ...

'' Lu and Stranks, 1992 – spongetip octopus * ''

Eledone schultzei ''Eledone schultzei'', the brush-tipped octopus, is a rare species of octopus. It has previously been known by other taxonomic names (synonyms A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, mor ...

'' Hoyle, 1910 -- brush-tipped octopus The species listed above with an asterisk (*) are questionable and need further study to determine if they are valid species or synonyms.

References

External links

* Cephalopod genera {{octopus-stub