''Bathypolypus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

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 is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttlefis ...

es in the

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Bathypolypodidae. It has five described

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Species

Species in the

''Bathypolypus'' include: * '' Bathypolypus arcticus'' (

Prosch Prosch is a German and North American last name which is either derived from the first name of Greek origin ''Ambrose'' or from a diminutive of any of several Slavic personal names with the first component ''Prosi-'' (from Proto-Slavic *prositi " ...

, 1847) ** '' Bathypolypus arcticus arcticus'' – spoonarm octopus (Prosch, 1847) ** '' Bathypolypus arcticus proschi'' Muus, 1962 * '' Bathypolypus rubrostictus'' Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008 * '' Bathypolypus sponsalis'' – globose octopus (

Fischer Fischer is a German occupational surname, meaning fisherman. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. The English version is Fisher. People with the surname A * Abraham Fischer (1850–1913) South African public official * ...

& Fischer, 1892) * ''

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 Thiele is a German-language surname. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 78.0% of all known bearers of the surname ''Thiele'' were residents of Germany, 10.9% of the United States, 2.3% of Australia, 2.0% of Brazil, 1.0% of Canada and 1.0% of Sou ...

in Chun, 1915) Synonyms: * ''Bathypolypus salebrosus'' (Sasaki, 1920) is a synonym for ''

Sasakiopus salebrosus ''Sasakiopus'' is a genus of octopus containing only one species, ''Sasakiopus salebrosus'', the rough octopus. It is part of the family Enteroctopodidae. Genetic analysis appeared to show that ''S. salebrosus'' is the sister taxon of the genera ...

'' (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 '' Bathypolypus arcticus'' (

, 1847) (

Fabricius Fabricius ( la, smith, german: Schmied, Schmidt) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *people from the Ancient Roman gens Fabricia: **Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome * Johann Goldsmid (1587� ...

, 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