Graneledone taniwha
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Graneledone taniwha is a deep-sea species of benthic octopuses part of the genus Graneledone. This is also one of two species of Graneledone endemic to New Zealand.[1] The common name is 'deepwater warty octopus.'[2]
The Graneledone taniwha lives in marine environments. One photographed specimen was found at 900m depth on the Chatham Rise.[2]
Classification
The genus was described by New Zealand marine biologist Steve O'Shea in NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 112, titled The marine fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda).[3] O'Shea writes that the differentiation of species of Grandeledone is difficult due to the similarities of characteristics such as arm length and arm-sucker count. In his review of New Zealand octopoda, he expressed the necessity of examination of all named species.[3]
There are two subspecies, Graneledone taniwha kubodera and Graneledone taniwha taniwha, the second of which is not accepted by the World Register of Marine Species[4], but others fond the two to be sister taxa through a molecular phylogeny study.[1] The study argues that "the finding of reciprocal monophyly and species delimitation analyses suggested that the subspecies G. taniwha taniwha and G. taniwha kubodera are different species."[1]
Description
Graneledone taniwha taniwha is described as "uniformly rose pink to light red with small darker-red chromatophores."[3]
Graneledone taniwha kubodera is described as "moderate to large-sized animal" with large eyes and slender arms.[3]
Etymology
Graneledone taniwha taniwha is named after the taniwha, a supernatural creature from Māori tradition.[3][5]
Graneledone taniwha kubodera is named after Japanese zoologist Tsunemi Kubodera for his contribution to studies on Graneledone.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ibáñez, Christian M.; Fenwick, Mark; Ritchie, Peter A.; Carrasco, Sergio A.; Pardo-Gandarillas, M. Cecilia (2020-03-31). "Systematics and Phylogenetic Relationships of New Zealand Benthic Octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodoidea)". Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.00182. ISSN 2296-7745.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Graneledone taniwha taniwha octopus | Earth Sciences New Zealand | NIWA". niwa.co.nz. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 O'Shea, Steve (1999). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 112 (PDF). Wellington: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research [NIWA]. ISBN 0-478 08486-2. Search this book on
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Graneledone taniwha O'Shea, 1999". World Register of Marine Species. 2017-02-07. doi:10.14284/170. Retrieved 2025-11-19. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Taniwha | Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
External links
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