Cirroteuthis muelleri

Description

Size: Up to 1.5 m in length.

General: Arms with long cirri; do not extend beyond the bottom of the web. Arm tips do not have suckers or cirri present. Red-orange coloration with a diffuse white band in the upper region near/under the eye. Large rounded fins, white near base. Skin and underlying body tissue appears soft, exhibiting curtain-like wrinkles.

Geographic Information

Ocean range (global): North Atlantic, Arctic Ocean, North Pacific, New Zealand.

Published depth range: 700 - 4854 m

Habitat description: Demersal.

Additional Information

Molecular data consultant: Stephanie Bush.

References

Encyclopedia of Life

Tree of Life

World Register of Marine Species

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Collins, M.A. and R. Villanueva (2006). Taxonomy, Ecology and Behaviour of the Cirrate Octopods. In: Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, edited by R. N. Gibson, R. J. A. Atkinson, and J. D. M. Gordon. Taylor & Francis Group,New York, 277-322.