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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Cephalopoda
Subclassis: Coleoidea
Cohors: Neocoleoidea
SuperOrdo: Octopodiformes
Ordo: Octopoda
SubOrdo: Incirrina

Familia: Octopodidae
Subfamilia: Bathypolypodinae
Genus: Bathypolypus
Species: B. arcticus – B. bairdii – B. ergasticus – B. pugniger – B. rubrostictus – B. sponsalis – B. valdiviae
Name

Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921: 299

Type Species: Octopus arcticus Prosch, 1849 (= Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1849) (by original designation)
Synonyms

Atlantoctopus Grimpe, 1921: 299
Benthoctopus Grimpe, 1921: 299

Bathypolypus valdiviae

References
Primary references

Grimpe G., 1921. Teuthologische Mitteilungen VII. Systematische Übersicht der Nordsee-Cephalopoden. Zoologischer Anzeiger 52(12/13): 296–305. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Kaneko, N. & Kubodera, T. 2008. Two new species of pygmy octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from deep water off the Ryukyu Archipelago, southern Japan. Molluscan Research 28(3): 145–157 PDF Reference page.

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Bathypolypus in the World Register of Marine Species

Bathypolypus is a genus of octopuses in the monotypic family Bathypolypodidae.
Species

Species in the genus Bathypolypus include:[3]

Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1847)
Bathypolypus arcticus arcticus – spoonarm octopus (Prosch, 1847)
Bathypolypus arcticus proschi Muus, 1962
Bathypolypus rubrostictus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008[4]
Bathypolypus sponsalis – globose octopus (Fischer & Fischer, 1892)
Bathypolypus valdiviae – boxer octopus (Thiele in Chun, 1915)
Bathypolypus bairdii - Baird's Octopus Verrill, 1873
Bathypolypus ergasticus P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892
Bathypolypus pugniger Muus, 2002
Bathypolypus rubrostictus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008

Synonyms:

Bathypolypus salebrosus (Sasaki, 1920) is a synonym for Sasakiopus salebrosus (Sasaki, 1920)[5]
Bathypolypus faeroensis (Frederick Stratten Russel|Russell) is a synonym for Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1847) (Fabricius, 1777)


References

Grimpe, G. (1921). "Teuthologische mitteilungen. VII. Systematische übersicht der nordsee-cephalopoden". Zoologischer Anzeiger, 52(12/13), 299.
P. Bouchet; S. Gofas (2015). "Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
Kaneko, N. & Kubodera, T. (2008). "Two new species of pygmy octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from deep water off the Ryukyu Archipelago, southern Japan." Molluscan Research 28(3): 145–157.
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. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyp046.

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