Cirrothauma is a genus of deep water octopuses from the cirrate family Cirroteuthidae. The species Cirrothauma are fragile, gelatinous deep-sea octopods with a shell, a moderate saddle, and triangular wings. Their eyes either have lenses, as seen in the species Cirrothauma murrayi or they have reduced eyes without lenses, shown in the other extant species Cirrothauma magna. Both species were placed in Cirrothauma due to the fact that they possess similar shells.[2] These octopuses have been reported to live in all the world's oceans, except for the Southern Ocean.[3]
^Julian Finn (2016). "Cirrothauma Chun, 1911". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
^Richard E. Young; Michael Vecchione (2012). "Cirrothauma Chun 1911". Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
^Patrizia Jereb; Clyde F.E. Roper; Mark D. Norman; Julian K. Finn, eds. (2016). Cephalopds of the World An Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Cephalopods species known to date Volume 3 Octopods and Vampire Squids(PDF). Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome. p. 250. ISBN 9789251079898.
Cirrothauma is a genus of deep water octopuses from the cirrate family Cirroteuthidae. The species Cirrothauma are fragile, gelatinous deep-sea octopods...
Cirrothauma magna, also known as the big-eye jellyhead, is a species of deep-sea cirrate octopus that has been found in the Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific...
Cirrothauma murrayi, the blind cirrate octopus, is a nearly blind octopus whose eyes can sense light, but not form images. It has been found worldwide...
1838 Genus Cirrothauma Chun, 1911 Cirrothauma magna (Hoyle, 1885) Cirrothauma murrayi Chun, 1911: often known as the blind cirrate. Cirrothauma hoylei (Robson...
(containing Cirroctopus) Family Cirroteuthidae (containing Cirroteuthis, & Cirrothauma) Family Stauroteuthidae (containing Stauroteuthis) Family uncertain:...
ISBN 978-1420006391. Aldred, R. G.; Nixon, M.; Young, J. Z. (1983). "Cirrothauma murrayi Chun, a finned octopod". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal...
scientifically described (in 1836). It is closely related to the genus Cirrothauma within the family Cirroteuthidae. At present the genus contains a single...
reach a large size, with the largest captured specimen likely being a Cirrothauma magna of 1.7 m (5.6 ft) total length and 33 cm (13 in) mantle length...
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