Cirroctopus

Cirroctopus is a genus of four species of octopuses within the monotypic family Cirroctopodidae. Members of this genus have larger fins than other cirrate octopuses, and tend to be more muscular.^[2] They are found in the southern hemisphere, where they live at depths of over 300m.^[3]

Cirroctopus
Preserved octopus of genus Cirroctopus found near the Antarctic Peninsula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Suborder:	Cirrata
Family:	Cirroctopodidae Collins & Villenueva, 2006
Genus:	Cirroctopus Naef, 1923[1]
Type species
Cirroctopus mawsoni (Berry, 1917)
Species
Cirroctopus antarctica (Kubodera & Okutani, 1986) Cirroctopus glacialis (Robson, 1930) Cirroctopus hochbergi O'Shea, 1999 Cirroctopus mawsoni (Berry, 1917)