Benthoctopus rigbyae Vecchione, Allcock, Piatkowski, Strugnell 2009

• Main Authors: Strugnell, Jan, Voight, Janet R., Collins, Patrick C., Allcock, A. Louise
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2009
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Mollusca; Cephalopoda; Octopoda; Octopodidae; Benthoctopus; Benthoctopus rigbyae; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Heard Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5334611; https://zenodo.org/record/5334611

Benthoctopus rigbyae Vecchione, Allcock, Piatkowski, Strugnell, 2009 Type material examined: Benthoctopus rigbyae Vecchione, Allcock, Piatkowski, Strugnell, 2009: 18 holotype USNM 1117765, RV Polarstern, 61° 14'S 56° 25.8' W (Antarctic Peninsula), Stn 42/022, 21 November 1996, 394- 412 m, male. Octopus levis Hoyle, 1885: 220 holotype BMNH 1889.4.24.43, RV Challenger, 52°59'S 73°33'E (Heard Island), Stn 151, 7 February 1874, 75 fathoms, male. Additional material examined: Benthoctopus rigbyae: * NMSZ 2002037.032, RV Polarstern , 61°10'S 54°34'W (Antarctic Peninsula), Stn 61/048-1, 16 March 2002, 343 m, male, leg. & det. AL Allcock. 10 additional specimens from the Antarctic Peninsula detailed in Vecchione et al. (2009) preserved under catalogue numbers NMSZ 2002037.030 - 031 and NMSZ 2002037.033 - 034. Diagnosis . Arms approximately 3–4 times ML. Arm formula variable. Funnel organ W-shaped. Gills with 5–8 lamellae per inner demibranch and 6–8 lamellae per outer demibranch. LLI 6–16 (mean 10). Maximum spermatophore length 102, maximum SpLI 110, maximum number of spermatophores 28. Mature males without enlarged suckers. Integument smooth. Remarks. This species differs from Benthoctopus levis by the funnel organ (VV in B. levis ) and arm length (shorter in B. levis ). : Published as part of Strugnell, Jan, Voight, Janet R., Collins, Patrick C. & Allcock, A. Louise, 2009, Molecular phylogenetic analysis of a known and a new hydrothermal vent octopod: their relationships with the genus Benthoctopus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae), pp. 442-459 in Zootaxa 2096 (1) on page 449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2096.1.27, http://zenodo.org/record/5321990 : {"references": ["Vecchione, M., Allcock, L., Piatkowski, U. & Strugnell, J. (2009) Benthoctopus rigbyae n. sp., a new species of cephalopod (Octopoda; Incirrata) from near the Antarctic Peninsula. Malacologia, 51, 13 - 28.", "Hoyle, W. E. (1885) Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H. M. S. ' Challenger' - Part I. The Octopoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 5, 15, 222 - 236."]}