| Opisthoteuthis hardyi | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Opisthoteuthidae |
| Genus: | Opisthoteuthis |
| Species: | O. hardyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Opisthoteuthis hardyi Villanueva, Collins, Sánchez, & Voss, 2002 | |
Opisthoteuthis hardyi is a lesser-known octopus species. It was described in 2002 from a male caught off the Shag Rocks, which are far south in the Atlantic Ocean near the Falkland Islands.
The specimen was medium-sized, with a mantle of 45 mm (1.8 in) long. The whole body was 250 mm (9.8 in) long. It had some enlarged suckers, which is typical for male octopuses belonging to Opisthoteuthis. It also had a web connecting its long arms, which is common for cirrate octopuses and some incirrate octopuses.
The specimen was found in the open ocean between 800 m (2,600 ft) and 1,000 m (3,300 ft) deep. However, the true depth range is wider. After 2002, dozens more specimens, likely O. hardyi, were discovered on the Patagonian Shelf from 630–1,390 m (2,070–4,560 ft) deep.
References
- Lyons, G.; Allcock, L. (2014). "Opisthoteuthis hardyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T176051A1425381. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T176051A1425381.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- "Opisthoteuthis hardyi Villanueva, Collins, Sánchez & Voss, 2002". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute.
- ^ Roger Villanueva; Michael Vecchione; Richard E. Young (May 2003). "Opisthoteuthis hardyi". Tree of Life Web Project.
- Sánchez, P.; Villanueva, R.; Voss, N.A. (2002). "Systematics, distribution and biology of the cirrate octopods of the genus Opisthoteuthis (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) in the Atlantic Ocean, with description of two new species". Bulletin of Marine Science. 71 (2): 933-985. ISSN 0007-4977.
- Jereb, Patrizia; Roper, Clyde F.E.; Norman, Mark D.; Finn, Julian K. (2016). Cephalopods of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date (PDF). Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. p. 256. ISBN 978-92-5-107989-8.
- Alan J. Southward; Craig M. Young; Lee A. Fuiman (June 2006). Advances in Marine Biology: Volume 50. Elsevier Science. ISBN 9780080463339.
- Ashton Acton, Q. (2012). "New marine biology data have been reported by M.A. Collins and co-authors". Issues in Life Sciences: Aquatic and Marine Life: 2011 Edition. ScholarlyEditions. ISBN 9781464965487.
Further reading
- Martin A. Collins; Vladimir Laptikhovsky; Jan M. Strugnell (2010). "Expanded description of Opisthoteuthis hardyi based on new specimens from the Patagonian slope". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 90 (3): 605–611. doi:10.1017/S0025315409000988. S2CID 86449884.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Opisthoteuthis hardyi | |