Galeoctopus lateralis, the sharkclub octopus, is a species of octopus, from the family Octopodidae. This species was described in 2004 from specimens collected at depths of 200–400 m in the southern and western Pacific Ocean. It is a small octopus in which the mature males have a distinctive ligula which superficially resembles a shark's jaw and head including teeth‐like lugs. Other distinguishing characteristics include a lateral mantle ridge, a skin sculpture which includes star-shaped papillae, and the females have oviducts with hare distally swollen.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Octopodidae |
| Genus: | Galeoctopus Norman, Boucher & Hochberg, 2004[1] |
| Species: | G. lateralis
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| Galeoctopus lateralis Norman, Boucher & Hochberg, 2004
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References
edit- ^ Julian Finn (2017). "Galeoctopus lateralis Norman, Boucher & Hochberg, 2004". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ Mark D. Norman; Renata Boucher; F. G. Hochberg (2004). "The Sharkclub Octopus, Galeoctopus lateralis, a new genus and species from the Western Pacific Ocean (Cephalopoda: Ooctopodidae)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 70 (3): 247–256. doi:10.1093/mollus/70.3.247. Abstract.