Eledone massyae

Combed octopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Genus: Eledone
Species: E. massyae
Binomial name
Eledone massyae
Voss, 1964 [1]

Eledone massyae, the combed octopus, is a small benthic octopus found off the Atlantic coasts of southern South America, particularly Argentina and southern Brazil. It reaches a maximum length of 7.5 cm.[2]

Habitat and ecology

It lives in sandy and muddy areas of the middle and outer continental shelf of the southwestern Atlantic Ocean between 30° and 34°S, mainly in waters off Argentina and southern Brazil. In these areas it appears to be sympatric with a scarcer cogener, Eledone gaucha.[3]

References

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  1. ↑ "Eledone massyae Voss 1964". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ↑ http://www.sealifebase.org/summary/speciessummary.php?id=57915
  3. ↑ http://www.demersais.furg.br/Files/1997.Perez.Haimovici.Santos.Reproductive.biology.Eledone.gauchan.Am.Malacol.Bul.pdf
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