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| Microeledone | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Megaleledonidae |
| Genus: | Microeledone Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2004 |
| Type species | |
| Microeledone mangoldi Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2004[1] | |
| Other species | |
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Microeledone is a genus of octopus from the family Megaleledonidae characterized by ventrally-pigmented, smooth skin, large funnel organ, unique radula, and lack of ink sacs, anal flaps, and crop diverticulum.[2][3]
Described in 2004, the genus contains, as of May 2026[update], two species: Microeledone mangoldi and Microeledone galapagensis. Microeledone mangoldi is the type species. Its type specimen was a male collected from a depth of approximately 1,000 m (3,300 ft) near the Norfolk Ridge, in the southwest Pacific Ocean near New Caledonia.[2] Microeledone galapagensis was described in 2026, and its type specimen is a female collected off the coast of Darwin Island of the Galápagos from a depth of 1,773 m (5,817 ft).[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Julian Finn (2016). "Microeledone Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2004". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- 1 2 Mark D. Norman; F.G. Hochberg; Renata Boucher-Rodoni (2004). "Microeledone mangoldi n.gen. and n.sp., a deep-water pygmy octopus from the Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae)". Molluscan Research. 24: 193–209.
- 1 2 Voight, Janet R.; Smith, Stephanie M.; Buglass, Salome; Ziegler, Alexander (2026-05-25). "A new species of Microeledone from Galápagos Islands and an amended diagnosis of the Megaleledonidae (Octopoda: Incirrata)". Zootaxa. 5814 (4): 533–549. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5814.4.5.