Bathypolypus arcticus

Bathypolypus arcticus
	Dorsal view
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Family:	Bathypolypodidae
Genus:	Bathypolypus
Species:	B. arcticus
Binomial name
	Bathypolypus arcticus; (Prosch, 1847)
Synonyms
	Sepia groenlandica Dewhurst, 1834; Bathypolypus lentus (Verrill, 1880); Bathylpous obesus (Verrill, 1880); Octopus arcticus Prosch, 1847; Octopus bairdii Verrill, 1873; Octopus lentus Verrill, 1880; Octopus obesus Verrill, 1880; Polypus arcticus (Prosch, 1847);

Bathypolypus arcticus, the North Atlantic octopus, deep sea octopus or spoonarm octopus is a small species of demersal octopus of the North Atlantic. It is usually found at depths of 200 to 600 m (660–1,970 ft) where the temperature is between 2 and 6 °C (36–43 °F).^[2]^[3]

^ ^a ^b "Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1847) North Atlantic octopus". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
^ "Bathypolypus arcticus". thecephalopodpage.org. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
^ Cite error: The named reference Wood2000 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[sealifebase-1] "Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1847) North Atlantic octopus". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved 26 July 2016.

[TCP-2] "Bathypolypus arcticus". thecephalopodpage.org. Retrieved 26 July 2016.

[Wood2000-3] Cite error: The named reference Wood2000 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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Bathypolypus arcticus

Dorsal view
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Family:	Bathypolypodidae
Genus:	Bathypolypus
Species:	B. arcticus
Binomial name
*Bathypolypus arcticus* (Prosch, 1847) ^[1]
Synonyms^[1]
Sepia groenlandica Dewhurst, 1834 Bathypolypus lentus (Verrill, 1880) Bathylpous obesus (Verrill, 1880) Octopus arcticus Prosch, 1847 Octopus bairdii Verrill, 1873 Octopus lentus Verrill, 1880 Octopus obesus Verrill, 1880 Polypus arcticus (Prosch, 1847)