''Bentheledone'' is a
genus
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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 is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttle ...
es in the
family
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Megaleledonidae
Megaleledonidae is a family of octopuses in the superfamily Octopodoidea. It was formerly placed in the family Octopodidae ''sensu lato'' as the subfamily Megaleledoninae but more recent studies have raised this taxon as a valid family.
Reproduc ...
.
Species
* ''
Bentheledone albida'' *
(Berry, 1917)
* ''
Bentheledone rotunda''
(Hoyle, 1885)
The species listed above with an asterisk (
*) are questionable and need further study to determine if they are valid species or synonyms.
Habitat
''B. rotunda'' lives throughout the
Antarctic Ocean. Little is known about ''B. albida''; further research has to be done.
References
*
Octopodidae
Cephalopod genera
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