Eledone
| Eledone | |
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| Eledone cirrhosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Octopodidae |
| Genus: |
Eledone (Leach, 1817) |
| Type species | |
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Octopus cirrhosus Lamarck, 1789 |
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| Species | |
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See text. |
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| Synonyms | |
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Hoylea |
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See text.
Hoylea
Ozoena
Eledone is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae. It is mainly distributed in the northern and southern Atlantic Ocean, with one species, E. palari, described from the southwestern Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean in waters around Indonesia and Australia and another, E. microsicya, from the western Indian Ocean. One species, E. thysanophora, is now regarded as a synonym of the brush-tipped octopus (Aphrodoctopus schultzi).
The following species are currently classified as being in the genus Eledone:
The species listed above with an asterisk (*) are questionable and need further study to determine if they are valid species or synonyms.
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