Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium

Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium is a species of octopus. It is only known from one specimen found in 1904, which was poorly preserved. Some characteristics of G. hippocrepium are unknown.^[3]

Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium
Drawing of Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium by its discoverer, William Evans Hoyle.
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Family:	Grimpoteuthidae
Genus:	Grimpoteuthis
Species:	G. hippocrepium
Binomial name
Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium Hoyle, 1904 [2]

Description and range

The type specimen of G. hippocrepium was found near Colombia in the eastern Pacific Ocean.^[4] This octopus has over 50 suckers on its arms, and a shell that is like a horseshoe in shape, while its body is around 80 millimeters long.^[3] It lives at about 3,332 meters deep.^[5] G. hippocrepium could be a demersal species. It is not used by humans.^[4]