Pareledone
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Pareledone is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of octopus
Octopus
The octopus is a cephalopod mollusc of the order Octopoda. Octopuses have two eyes and four pairs of arms, and like other cephalopods they are bilaterally symmetric. An octopus has a hard beak, with its mouth at the center point of the arms...

es in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Octopodidae
Octopodidae
Octopodidae is the family containing the majority of known octopus species.-Subfamilies and species:*Basal genus Vulcanoctopus*Genus incertae sedis Histoctopus*Subfamily Bathypolypodinae**Genus Bathypolypus**Genus Benthoctopus...

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Species

  • Pareledone adelieana (Berry, 1917)
  • Pareledone aequipapillae Allcock, 2005
  • Pareledone albimaculata Allcock, 2005
  • Pareledone antarctica (Thiele, 1920) *
  • Pareledone aurata Allcock, 2005
  • Pareledone charcoti (Joubin, 1905)
  • Pareledone cornuta Allcock, 2005
  • Pareledone felix Allcock, Strugnell, Prodohl, Piatkowski & Vecchione, 2007
  • Pareledone framensis (Lu & Stranks, 1994)
  • Pareledone harrissoni (Berry, 1917)
  • Pareledone panchroma Allcock, 2005
  • Pareledone polymorpha (Robson, 1930)
  • Pareledone prydzensis (Lu & Stranks, 1994 )
  • Pareledone serperastrata Allcock, 2005
  • Pareledone subtilis Allcock, 2005
  • Pareledone turqueti (Joubin, 1905), Turquet's Octopus


The species listed above with an asterisk (*) are questionable and need further study to determine if they are valid species or synonyms.
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