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Graneledone boreopacifica

Graneledone boreopacifica
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G. boreopacifica on the Davidson Seamount at 1,973 m depth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Subfamily: Graneledoninae
Genus: Graneledone
Species: G. boreopacifica
Binomial name
Graneledone boreopacifica
Nesis, 1982
Synonyms
  • Graneledone pacifica
    Voss & Pearcy, 1990

Graneledone boreopacifica is an octopus in the family Octopodidae. It can be found in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

The holotype of this species measures 9 cm in mantle length.

The type specimen was collected in the Pacific Ocean (50°N, 151°E) and is deposited at the Zoological Institute in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

A female Graneledone boreopacifica was observed in the Monterey Canyon by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, brooding her eggs for a record 53 months, making this the longest brooding or pregnancy period known in the animal kingdom.


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