Bathypolypus

Bathypolypus is a genus of octopuses in the monotypic family Bathypolypodidae.

Bathypolypus
Bathypolypus valdiviae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Family:	Bathypolypodidae Robson, 1929
Genus:	Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921[1]
Type species
Octopus arcticus (Fabricius, 1777)
Species[2]
See text
Synonyms
Atlantoctopus Grimpe, 1921 Benthoctopus Grimpe, 1921

Species

Species in the genus Bathypolypus include:^[3]

• Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1847)
  • Bathypolypus arcticus arcticus – spoonarm octopus (Prosch, 1847)
  • Bathypolypus arcticus proschi Muus, 1962
• Bathypolypus rubrostictus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008^[4]
• Bathypolypus sponsalis – globose octopus (Fischer & Fischer, 1892)
• Bathypolypus valdiviae – boxer octopus (Thiele in Chun, 1915)
• Bathypolypus bairdii - Baird's Octopus Verrill, 1873
• Bathypolypus ergasticus P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892
• Bathypolypus pugniger Muus, 2002
• Bathypolypus rubrostictus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008

Synonyms:

• Bathypolypus salebrosus (Sasaki, 1920) is a synonym for Sasakiopus salebrosus (Sasaki, 1920)^[5]
• Bathypolypus faeroensis (Frederick Stratten Russel|Russell) is a synonym for Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1847) (Fabricius, 1777)