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Bolitaeninae, the Glossary

The Bolitaeninae are a subfamily, in the family Amphitretidae, of small, common pelagic octopuses found in all tropical and temperate oceans of the world.^[1]

27 relations: Amphitretidae, Bathypelagic zone, Bioluminescence, Bolitaena, Bolitaena pygmaea, Brain, Carl Chun, Family (biology), Genus, Gulf of Guinea, Hectocotylus, Japetella, Mantle (mollusc), Mesopelagic zone, Monotypic taxon, Octopus, Optic stalk, Pelagic zone, Photophore, São Tomé Island, Sierra Leone, Spermatophore, Sri Lanka, Subfamily, Sumatra, Taxonomy (biology), Water column.
Cephalopod families
Taxa named by Carl Chun

Amphitretidae

Amphitretidae is a family of mesopelagic octopods which contains three subfamilies, formerly classified as families in their own right. Bolitaeninae and Amphitretidae are Octopuses.

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Bathypelagic zone

The bathypelagic zone or bathyal zone (from Greek βαθύς (bathýs), deep) is the part of the open ocean that extends from a depth of below the ocean surface.

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Bioluminescence

Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by living organisms.

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Bolitaena

Bolitaena is a genus of pelagic octopods from the subfamily Bolitaeninae in the family Amphitretidae. Bolitaeninae and Bolitaena are Bioluminescent molluscs and Octopuses.

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Bolitaena pygmaea

Bolitaena pygmaea is a species of Octopoda in the family Amphitretidae.

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Brain

The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals.

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Carl Chun or Karl Friedrich Gustav Chun (1 October 1852 – 11 April 1914) was a German marine biologist who worked as a professor at the University of Königsberg (1883), Breslau (1891) and at Leipzig (1898).

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Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Gulf of Guinea

The Gulf of Guinea is the northeasternmost part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean from Cape Lopez in Gabon, north and west to Cape Palmas in Liberia.

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Hectocotylus

A hectocotylus (hectocotyli) is one of the arms of male cephalopods that is specialized to store and transfer spermatophores to the female.

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Japetella

Japetella is a genus of pelagic octopods from the subfamily Bolitaeninae in the family Amphitretidae. Bolitaeninae and Japetella are Bioluminescent molluscs and Octopuses.

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Mantle (mollusc)

The mantle (also known by the Latin word pallium meaning mantle, robe or cloak, adjective pallial) is a significant part of the anatomy of molluscs: it is the dorsal body wall which covers the visceral mass and usually protrudes in the form of flaps well beyond the visceral mass itself.

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Mesopelagic zone

The mesopelagic zone (Greek μέσον, middle), also known as the middle pelagic or twilight zone, is the part of the pelagic zone that lies between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones.

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Monotypic taxon

In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon.

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Octopus

An octopus (octopuses or octopodes) is a soft-bodied, eight-limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda. The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttlefish, and nautiloids. Bolitaeninae and octopus are Octopuses.

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Optic stalk

The optic vesicles project toward the sides of the head, and the peripheral part of each expands to form a hollow bulb, while the proximal part remains narrow and constitutes the optic stalk.

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Pelagic zone

The pelagic zone consists of the water column of the open ocean and can be further divided into regions by depth.

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Photophore

A photophore is a glandular organ that appears as luminous spots on various marine animals, including fish and cephalopods.

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São Tomé Island

São Tomé Island, at, is the largest island of São Tomé and Príncipe and is home in May 2018 to about 193,380 or 96% of the nation's population.

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Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone, (also,; Salone) officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa.

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Spermatophore

A spermatophore or sperm ampulla is a capsule or mass containing spermatozoa created by males of various animal species, especially salamanders and arthropods, and transferred in entirety to the female's ovipore during reproduction.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.

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Subfamily

In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: subfamilia, plural subfamiliae) is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus.

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Sumatra

Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia.

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Taxonomy (biology)

In biology, taxonomy is the scientific study of naming, defining (circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics.

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Water column

The (oceanic) water column is a concept used in oceanography to describe the physical (temperature, salinity, light penetration) and chemical (pH, dissolved oxygen, nutrient salts) characteristics of seawater at different depths for a defined geographical point.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolitaeninae

Also known as Bolitaenidae, Bolitaenin, Bolitaenins.