Adelieledone

Adelieledone is a genus of octopuses in the family Megaleledonidae.^[1][2]

Adelieledone
Adelieledone polymorpha
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Family:	Megaleledonidae
Genus:	Adelieledone Allcock, Hochberg, Rodhouse & Thorpe, 2003[1]
Type species
Moschites adelieana Berry, 1917
Species
3 species (see text)

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. Their habitats include; Southern Ocean, Antarctic Ocean, and South Georgia. The most notable feature of adelieledone is the rostral point on the lower beak.^[3] It is placed in the family Megaleledonidae by some authorities^[1][2] and in the Octopodidae by others.^[4]

Species

There are three recognized species:^[1]

• Adelieledone adelieana (Berry, 1917)
• Adelieledone piatkowski Allcock, Hochberg, Rodhouse & Thorpe, 2003
• Adelieledone polymorpha (Robson, 1930) – Antarctic knobbed octopus

References

1. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Adelieledone Allcock, Hochberg, Rodhouse & Thorpe, 2003". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
2. Norman, Mark D.; et al. (2016). "Octopodoidea Orbigny, 1839. Octopods, octopuses, devilfishes. Version 16 November 2016 (under construction)". The Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
3. Doyle, Alister (2008-11-09). "Octopuses had Antarctic ancestor: marine census". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2008-11-12. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
4. Palomares ML, Pauly D, eds. (2020). "Adelieledone adelieana" in SeaLifeBase. July 2020 version.

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