Grimpoteuthis pacifica
{{Short description|Species of octopus}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = GpacificaOral.gif
| image_caption = Grimpoteuthis pacifica, oral.
| status = DD
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Grimpoteuthis pacifica
| authority = Hoyle, 1885{{cite web |last1=van der Land |first1=Jacob |last2=Bouchet |first2=Philippe |title=Grimpoteuthis pacifica |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342089 |website=World Register of Marine Species |accessdate=6 June 2018}}
| synonyms = *Cirroteuthis pacifica
}}
Grimpoteuthis pacifica is an octopus known from one badly damaged specimen. It is not completely described, and it is not easily separated from some other species of octopus. Nothing clearly differentiates G. pacifica from Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium except for its type locality.{{cite web |last1=Vecchione |first1=Michael |last2=Young |first2=Richard E. |title=Grimpoteuthis pacifica |url=http://tolweb.org/Grimpoteuthis_pacifica/20126 |website=Tree of Life Web Project |accessdate=6 June 2018}}
Description and habitat
The specimen was captured off Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific Ocean in 1885, more specifically in the Coral Sea, where it was {{convert|4,500|m|sp=us}} below sea level. Grimpoteuthis pacifica is probably demersal.
Its fins are {{convert|55|mm|sp=us}} long.{{cite book|editor1-last=Jereb|editor1-first=Patrizia|editor2-last=Roper|editor2-first=Clyde F.E.|editor3-last=Norman|editor3-first=Mark D.|editor4-last=Finn|editor4-first=Julian K.|title=Cephalopods of the World: an Annotated and Illustrated Catalog of Cephalopods Known to Date Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids|date=2016|location=Rome|isbn=978-92-5-107989-8|page=263|url=http://www.fao.org/3/a-i3489e.pdf|accessdate=26 April 2018}} Each arm has 52 suckers, the largest of which are {{convert|2.5|mm|sp=us}} across. Its arms range in length from {{convert|130|to|170|mm|sp=us}} long, and its eyes are very large.
The octopus is a deep purple color, though some parts are paler.
References
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Category:Molluscs of the Pacific Ocean
Category:Cephalopods described in 1885
Category:Species known from a single specimen
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