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{{Short description|Species of mollusc}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = ''Bathypolypus valdiviae''▼
| image = Bathypolypus valdiviae4.jpg
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| authority = ([[Johannes Thiele (zoologist)|Thiele]], in [[Carl Chun|Chun]], 1915)<ref name = WoRMS/>
| synonyms = * ''Bathypolypus grimpei'' Robson, 1924▼
| synonyms_ref = <ref name = "WoRMS">{{cite web | url = http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341910| title = ''Bathypolypus valdiviae'' (Thiele in Chun, 1915) | accessdate = 2 April 2017| publisher = [[World Register of Marine Species]] | author = P. Bouchet | year = 2010}}</ref>
▲| synonyms =''Bathypolypus grimpei'' Robson, 1924
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'''''Bathypolypus valdiviae''''', common name the '''boxer octopus'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/B/Bathypolypus_valdiviae/ |title=Bathypolypus valdiviae (Boxer Octopus) |publisher=Zipcodezoo.com |accessdate=2011-08-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009013741/http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/B/Bathypolypus_valdiviae/ |archivedate=2012-10-09 }}</ref> or '''Valdivia bathyal octopus''',<ref name = SLB>{{cite web | url = http://www.sealifebase.org/summary/Bathypolypus-valdiviae.html | title = Bathypolypus valdiviae (Thiele, 1915) | accessdate = 2 April 2017 | publisher = [[Sea Life Base]] | editor1 = M.L.D. Palomares | editor2 = D. Pauly | year = 2017}}</ref> is a species of [[octopus]] in the family [[Bathypolypodidae]].<ref name = WoRMS/> It is endemic to the south Atlantic off southern Africa below a depth of {{convert|500|m}} where it was one of the most commonly sampled cephalopods, taken mainly from the sea bed.<ref name = Roeleveld>{{cite journal | author1 = M. A. C. Roeleveld | author2 = M. R. Lipiński | author3 = C. J. Augustyn | author4 = B. A. Stewart | year = 1992 | title = The distribution and abundance of cephalopods on the continental slope of the eastern South Atlantic | doi = 10.2989/02577619209504738 | journal = South African Journal of Marine Science | volume = 12 | issue = 1 | pages = 739–752}}</ref> The specific name commemorates the [[SS Valdivia (1886)|SS Valdivia]] the steamship used on the [[Valdivia Expedition]] of 1898-1899 and which was led by [[Carl Chun]].<ref name = BHL>{{cite web | url = http://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2012/06/book-of-week-valdivia-expedition.html | title = Book of the Week: The Valdivia Expedition | accessdate = 2 April 2017 | publisher = [[Biodiversity Heritage Library]] | year = 2012 | author = Jacqueline Ford}}</ref>
[[File:Bathypolypus valdiviae5.jpg|thumb|
In a recent 2021 study, geographic distribution of the species has expanded to waters off Guinea–Bissau.
==References==
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Luna A, Rocha F, PeralesRaya C (2021). A review of cephalopods (Phylum: Mollusca) of the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem (Central-East Atlantic, African coast). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 101, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315420001356
<ref>Luna A, Rocha F, PeralesRaya C (2021). A review of cephalopods (Phylum: Mollusca) of the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem (Central-East Atlantic, African coast). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 101, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315420001356
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{{Edible molluscs}}
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[[Category:Octopodidae]]
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