Adelieledone

Adelieledone
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Subfamily: Eledoninae
Genus: Adelieledone
Robson, 1929
Species

See text.

Adelieledone is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae.

According to the Census of Marine Life, it may be the closest living relative of the Antarctic ancestor of all octopus species that lived 30 million years ago.[1]

Species

References

  1. Doyle, Alister (2008-11-09). "Octopuses had Antarctic ancestor: marine census". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2009-04-14. Retrieved 2009-04-14.

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