Eledone nigra is a little-known species of octopus described from one male and six females which were taken in Luderitz Bay, Namibia and has only been recorded subsequently in 1941, 1983 and 1991, all from Luderitz Bay.[2]

Eledone nigra
Radula of Eledone nigra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Eledonidae
Genus: Eledone
Species:
E. nigra
Binomial name
Eledone nigra
(Hoyle, 1910)[1]
Synonyms
  • Moschites nigra Hoyle 1910

References

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  1. ^ Hoyle, W. E. (1910); Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Sudafrika ausgefuhrt in den Jahren 1903-1905, 4 (1)
  2. ^ Villanueva, R & Sanchez P. (1993) Cephalopods of the Benguela Current off Namibia; New additions and consideration on the genus Lycoteuthis, J. Nat. Hist. 27 pp15-46