MolluscaBase taxon details
Grimpoteuthis feitiana Y. Tang, X. D. Zheng & J. L. Zhang, 2025
1808522 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1808522)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Tang, Y.; Zheng, X.D.; Zhang, J.L. (2025). Flying in the deep: the description of a new species of <i>Grimpoteuthis</i>(Octopoda: Cirrata: Grimpoteuthidae) from the Caroline Seamount, with ecological adaptation of dumbo octopuses. <em>Organisms, Diversity & Evolution.</em> DOI 10.1007/s13127-025-00678-x: 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-025-00678-x
page(s): figs 3-7 [details]
page(s): figs 3-7 [details]
Type locality contained in North Pacific Lower Bathyal Province
, Note Western Pacific: Caroline Seamount, 10.5864 N,...
ROV ‘Faxian’, 21 August 2017. [details]
type locality contained in North Pacific Lower Bathyal Province [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Western Pacific: Caroline Seamount, 10.5864 N, 140.1248 E, 1240 m; collected byROV ‘Faxian’, 21 August 2017. [details]
Etymology The species epithet ‘feitiana’ is derived from ‘feitian’, a goddess known in Chinese Mogao Cave Culture for her...
Etymology The species epithet ‘feitiana’ is derived from ‘feitian’, a goddess known in Chinese Mogao Cave Culture for her graceful dancing in the air, resembling this dumbo octopus flying underwater. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Grimpoteuthis feitiana Y. Tang, X. D. Zheng & J. L. Zhang, 2025. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1808522 on 2025-09-11
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Tang, Y.; Zheng, X.D.; Zhang, J.L. (2025). Flying in the deep: the description of a new species of <i>Grimpoteuthis</i>(Octopoda: Cirrata: Grimpoteuthidae) from the Caroline Seamount, with ecological adaptation of dumbo octopuses. <em>Organisms, Diversity & Evolution.</em> DOI 10.1007/s13127-025-00678-x: 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-025-00678-x
page(s): figs 3-7 [details]
page(s): figs 3-7 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology The species epithet ‘feitiana’ is derived from ‘feitian’, a goddess known in Chinese Mogao Cave Culture for her graceful dancing in the air, resembling this dumbo octopus flying underwater. [details]Type locality Western Pacific: Caroline Seamount, 10.5864 N, 140.1248 E, 1240 m; collected by
ROV ‘Faxian’, 21 August 2017. [details]
