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Cirrothauma murrayi

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The eye structure is very different from other octopods. Their eyes are small, lens-less and almost non-functional, as the eyes also lack irises and ciliary bodies. The nearly sightless eyes are embedded deep in the gelatinous tissue of their head.
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whose eyes can sense light, but not form images. It has been found worldwide, usually 1,500 to 4,500 metres (4,900 to 14,800 ft) beneath the ocean's surface. Like other
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Aldred, R. G.; Nixon, M.; Young, J. Z. (26 April 1983). "Cirrothauma Murrayi Chun, A Finned Octopod".
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in 1910, and it was later named in honor of Murray. It was described by German marine biologist
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences
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has about six strong sessile suckers which help them swim as well as hunt fish.
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The species was first caught by an expedition led by Sir
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Mangold, Katharina; Vecchione, Michael; Young, Richard.
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A drawing of C. murrayi that shows its mantle, arms, and swimming fins.
Conservation status
Data Deficient
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Octopoda
Cirroteuthidae
Cirrothauma
Binomial name
Chun
octopus
cirrates
John Murray
Carl Chun
buccal mass
crustaceans
"Cirrothauma murrayi"
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
doi
10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T163011A963624.en
"Cirrothauma murrayi Chun, 1911"
"Cirrothauma murrayi"


"Cirrothauma murrayi"

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