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Graneledone boreopacifica

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Graneledoninae

Scientific name
  
Graneledone boreopacifica

Higher classification
  
Graneledone

Order
  
Octopus

Family
  
Octopodidae

Genus
  
Graneledone

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Graneledone, Octopus, Bathypolypus arcticus, Bathypolypus, Benthoctopus

Graneledone boreopacifica is an octopus in the family Octopodidae. It can be found in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

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The holotype of this species measures 9 cm in mantle length.

The type specimen was collected in the Pacific Ocean (50°N, 151°E) and is deposited at the Zoological Institute in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

A female Graneledone boreopacifica was observed in the Monterey Canyon by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, brooding her eggs for a record 53 months, making this the longest brooding or pregnancy period known in the animal kingdom.

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References

Graneledone boreopacifica Wikipedia