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Comprehensive Description ( anglais )

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Octopus saphenia Gray, 1849

DIAGNOSIS.—Arms moderate in length, arm formula II = III = IV > I. Suckers subequal. Web shallow. Body, arms, and aboral surface of web finely granular; “ocular beards none” (Gray, 1849:11).

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION.—Gray, 1849:11.

TYPE LOCALITY.—Western South Atlantic Ocean, east coast of South America (but see “Discussion”).

TYPE.—Holotype: BMNH, no longer extant (fide Robson, 1929a: 160).

DISTRIBUTION.—See “Discussion.”
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citation bibliographique
Voss, N. A. and Sweeney, M. J. 1998. "Systematics and Biogeography of cephalopods. Volume II." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 277-599. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.586.277