Eledone caparti
| Eledone caparti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Eledonidae |
| Genus: | Eledone |
| Species: | E. caparti
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| Binomial name | |
| Eledone caparti | |
Eledone caparti is a rare and little known species of benthic octopus from the Atlantic Ocean off the south-west coast of Africa.[3] The egg masses of Eledone caparti have been found in the dissected stomachs of blue sharks.[4]
References[]
- ^ Allcock, L.; Taite, M.; Allen, G. (2018). "Eledone caparti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T162990A962322. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T162990A962322.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Adam W. 1950 Notes sur les Cephalopodes, XXII.- Deux nouvelles especes de la cote africaine occidentale Bulletin du Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, 26 (45) 1-9
- ^ http://iobis.marine.rutgers.edu/OBISSTG/ObisControllerServlet?searchCategory=/AdvancedSearchServlet&genus=Eledone&species=caparti&Subspecies=&sciname=Eledone%20caparti&comName=null&organismType=an%20octopus&nameVerifiedBy=Catalogue%20of%20Life;%20CephBase;%20Wood,%20James&nameAttributionUrl=%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%3CA+href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cephbase.dal.ca%2F+%22+class%3D%27in-link%27+target%3D%22_blank%22%3ECephBase%3C%2FA%3E%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B[dead link]
- ^ Nesis, K.N & Nigmatullin, C.M 1978 A record of egg masses of the bottom octopus Eledone caparti in the stomachs of blue sharks Zoologichesky Zhurnal, 57(9):1324-1329 (Russian with English summary)
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