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{{Short description|Genus of octopuses}} |
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| name = Megaleledone selebos |
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
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| phylum = [[Mollusca]] |
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| classis = [[Cephalopod]]a |
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| ordo = [[Octopoda]] |
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| subordo = [[Incirrina]] |
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| familia = [[Octopodidae]] |
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| genus = Megaleledone |
| genus = Megaleledone |
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| parent_authority = [[Iwao Taki|Taki]], 1961 |
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| species = '''''M. selebos''''' |
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| species = setebos |
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| authority = ([[Guy Coburn Robson|Robson]], 1932) |
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| synonyms = |
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*''Graneledone setebos''<br/><small>Robson, 1932</small> |
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*''Megaleledone senoi''<br/><small>Taki, 1961</small> |
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*''Pareledone senoi''<br/><small>(Taki, 1961)</small> |
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'''''Megaleledone |
'''''Megaleledone setebos''''', the '''giant Antarctic octopus''', is a very large venomous [[octopus]] with a circum-[[Antarctic]] distribution. It grows to at least 28 cm in [[mantle (mollusc)|mantle length]] and 90 cm in total length.<ref name=setebos>{{cite journal |last1=Allcock |first1=A.L. |last2=Hochberg |first2=F.G. |last3=Stranks |first3=T.N. |name-list-style=amp |title=Re-evaluation of ''Graneledone setebos'' (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) and allocation to the genus ''Megaleledone'' |journal=Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom |date=2003 |volume=83 |issue=2 |pages=319–328 |doi=10.1017/S0025315403007148h|s2cid=82256628 }}</ref> ''M. setebos'' feeds by drilling small holes in large, shelled [[mollusk]]s, and then injecting its toxic saliva. The [[venom]] even works at subfreezing temperatures.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66L1QY20100722 |title=Antarctic octopuses found with cold-resistant venom |publisher=Reuters |date=July 22, 2010}}</ref> |
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This species was transferred to the genus '''''Megaleledone''''' and synonymised with ''Megaleledone senoi'' in a 2003 paper.<ref name=setebos /> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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[[Category:Octopuses]] |
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[[Category:Cephalopod genera]] |
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[[Category:Monotypic mollusc genera]] |
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[[Category:Fauna of the Southern Ocean]] |
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Latest revision as of 23:55, 10 May 2024
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Megaleledonidae |
| Genus: | Megaleledone Taki, 1961 |
| Species: | M. setebos
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| Megaleledone setebos (Robson, 1932)
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Megaleledone setebos, the giant Antarctic octopus, is a very large venomous octopus with a circum-Antarctic distribution. It grows to at least 28 cm in mantle length and 90 cm in total length.[1] M. setebos feeds by drilling small holes in large, shelled mollusks, and then injecting its toxic saliva. The venom even works at subfreezing temperatures.[2]
This species was transferred to the genus Megaleledone and synonymised with Megaleledone senoi in a 2003 paper.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Allcock, A.L.; Hochberg, F.G. & Stranks, T.N. (2003). "Re-evaluation of Graneledone setebos (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) and allocation to the genus Megaleledone". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 83 (2): 319–328. doi:10.1017/S0025315403007148h. S2CID 82256628.
- ^ "Antarctic octopuses found with cold-resistant venom". Reuters. July 22, 2010.
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