Cirroctopus glacialis

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| image = Cirroctopus glacialis.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Lyons, G. |author2=Allcock, L. |date=2014 |title=Cirroctopus glacialis |volume=2014 |page=e.T162977A959666 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T162977A959666.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| genus = Cirroctopus

| species = glacialis

| authority = Robson, 1930{{cite WORMS |title=Cirroctopus glacialis Robson, 1930 |id=325315 |accessdate=17 March 2018|ref=Bouchet}}

| synonyms = *Cirroteuthis glacialis Robson, 1930

}}

Cirroctopus glacialis is an octopus located in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. Its shell is v-shaped, and it has a distinctive pigmentation pattern on its web's oral face.{{cite web|last1=Young|first1=Richard|last2=Vecchione|first2=Michael|title=Cirroctopus glacialis|url=http://tolweb.org/Cirroctopus_glacialis/20109|website=Tree of Life Web Project|accessdate=17 March 2018}} C. glacialis is thought to be demersal, like other members of the genus Cirroctopus. These octopuses are found between 333 and 914 meters deep. Their population is currently unknown.

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Category:Octopuses

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