| Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium | |
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| Drawing of Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium by its discoverer, William Evans Hoyle. | |
| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Grimpoteuthidae |
| Genus: | Grimpoteuthis |
| Species: | G. hippocrepium |
| Binomial name | |
| Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium Hoyle, 1904 | |
Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium is a species of octopus. It is only known from one specimen found in 1904, which was poorly preserved. Some characteristics of G. hippocrepium are unknown.
Description and range
The type specimen of G. hippocrepium was found near Colombia in the eastern Pacific Ocean. This octopus has over 50 suckers on its arms, and a shell that is like a horseshoe in shape, while its body is around 80 millimeters long. It lives at about 3,332 meters deep. G. hippocrepium could be a demersal species. It is not used by humans.
References
- Lyons, G.; Allcock, L. (2014). "Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T163341A1000089. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T163341A1000089.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- van der Land, Jacob; Bouchet, Philippe. "Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ Young, Richard E.; Vecchione, Michael. "Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium". Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ Allcock, Louise; Lyons, G (2014). "Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T163341A1000089. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T163341A1000089.en.
- Jereb, Patrizia; Roper, Clyde F.E.; Norman, Mark D.; Finn, Julian K., eds. (2016). Cephalopods of the World: an Annotated and Illustrated Catalog of Cephalopods Known to Date Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids (PDF). Rome. p. 262. ISBN 978-92-5-107989-8. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
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| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium | |