Graneledone boreopacifica
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| G. boreopacifica on the Davidson Seamount at 1,973 m depth | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Octopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Graneledoninae |
| Genus: | Graneledone |
| Species: | G. boreopacifica |
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Graneledone boreopacifica Nesis, 1982 |
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Graneledone boreopacifica is an octopus in the family Octopodidae. It can be found in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
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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