Benthoctopus oregonensis Voss & Pearcy, 1990

Strugnell, Jan, Voight, Janet R., Collins, Patrick C. & Allcock, A. Louise, 2009, Molecular phylogenetic analysis of a known and a new hydrothermal vent octopod: their relationships with the genus Benthoctopus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae), Zootaxa 2096 (1), pp. 442-459 : 448

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2096.1.27
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5334608
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03914A02-FF94-9C13-FF66-9456FC7CF95F
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Benthoctopus oregonensis Voss & Pearcy, 1990
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Type material examined: Benthoctopus oregonensis Voss & Pearcy, 1990 holotype, USNM 729991 View Materials , RV Yaquina, 44°37'N 125°01'W (off Oregon Coast), Stn GoogleMaps 6606-123, 6 August 1966, 1260 m, male.

Additional material examined: Benthoctopus oregonensis : * FMNH 278314 View Materials , RV Wecoma, 44°46'N 125°31'W (off Oregon coast), Stn 15, 21 April 1997, 2750 m, female, leg. & det. JR Voight. GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. Arms approximately 3–4 times ML. Arm formula usually 1>2>3>4. Funnel organ W-shaped. Gills with 11 lamellae per outer demibranch. LLI approximately 6 (holotype). Maximum spermatophore length 70, maximum SpLI 80, maximum number of spermatophores 27. Mature males without enlarged suckers. Integument smooth.

Remarks. Medial element of the funnel organ narrowly incised.