Glass octopus

Glass octopus
Belly view of female
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Amphitretidae
Genus: Vitreledonella
Joubin, 1918
Species:
V. richardi
Binomial name
Vitreledonella richardi
Joubin, 1918
Synonyms
  • Vitreledonella ingeborgae Joubin, 1929
  • Vitreledonella translucida Robson, 1930

Vitreledonella richardi, also known as the glass octopus, is an incirrate octopus. It is in the genus Vitreledonella and of the family Amphitretidae.

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