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Bathypolypus is a genus of octopuses in the monotypic family Bathypolypodidae.

Species

Species in the genus Bathypolypus include:^[3]

Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1847)
- Bathypolypus arcticus arcticus – spoonarm octopus (Prosch, 1847)
- Bathypolypus arcticus proschi Muus, 1962
Bathypolypus rubrostictus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008^[4]
Bathypolypus sponsalis – globose octopus (Fischer & Fischer, 1892)
Bathypolypus valdiviae – boxer octopus (Thiele in Chun, 1915)
Bathypolypus bairdii - Baird's Octopus Verrill, 1873
Bathypolypus ergasticus P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892
Bathypolypus pugniger Muus, 2002
Bathypolypus rubrostictus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008

Synonyms:

Bathypolypus salebrosus (Sasaki, 1920) is a synonym for Sasakiopus salebrosus (Sasaki, 1920)^[5]
Bathypolypus faeroensis (Frederick Stratten Russel|Russell) is a synonym for Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1847) (Fabricius, 1777)

^ Grimpe, G. (1921). "Teuthologische mitteilungen. VII. Systematische übersicht der nordsee-cephalopoden". Zoologischer Anzeiger, 52(12/13), 299.
^ P. Bouchet; S. Gofas (2015). "Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
^ Kaneko, N. & Kubodera, T. (2008). "Two new species of pygmy octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from deep water off the Ryukyu Archipelago, southern Japan." Molluscan Research 28(3): 145–157.
^ Jorgensen E. M., Strugnell J. M. & Allcock A. L. (2010). "Description and phylogenetic relationships of a new genus of octopus, Sasakiopus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae), from the Bering Sea, with a redescription of Sasakiopus salebrosus (Sasaki, 1920)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 76(1): 57-66. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyp046.