Grimpoteuthis pacifica

Grimpoteuthis pacifica is an octopus known from one badly damaged specimen. It is not completely described, and it is not easily separated from some other species of octopus. Nothing clearly differentiates G. pacifica from Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium except for its type locality.^[3]

Grimpoteuthis pacifica
Grimpoteuthis pacifica, oral.
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Family:	Grimpoteuthidae
Genus:	Grimpoteuthis
Species:	G. pacifica
Binomial name
Grimpoteuthis pacifica Hoyle, 1885[2]
Synonyms
Cirroteuthis pacifica[2]

Description and habitat

Arm of Grimpoteuthis megaptera

The specimen was captured off Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific Ocean in 1885, more specifically in the Coral Sea, where it was 4,500 meters (14,800 ft) below sea level. Grimpoteuthis pacifica is probably demersal.^[1]

Its fins are 55 millimeters (2.2 in) long.^[4] Each arm has 52 suckers, the largest of which are 2.5 millimeters (0.098 in) across. Its arms range in length from 130 to 170 millimeters (5.1 to 6.7 in) long, and its eyes are very large.^[3]

The octopus is a deep purple color, though some parts are paler.^[3]