Microeledone mangoldi, the sickle-tooth pygmy octopus,[2] is a species of octopus from the family Megaleledonidae. This species was described in 2004, the type specimen being a male which was collected from a depth of approximately 1,000 m (3,300 ft) near the Norfolk Ridge, in the southwest Pacific Ocean near New Caledonia. It is a very small octopus which has a single row of suckers, lacks an ink sac and has a radula with seven rows of teeth with the unique central tooth, called the rechidian tooth, being curved with a grooved tip. The remaining teeth are flat and plate like and so are also distinctive.[3] The smooth creamy-pink body lacks any chromatophores.[2] The specific name honours the Swiss malacologist and marine biologist Katharina Mangold-Wirz (1922-2003).[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Megaleledonidae |
| Genus: | Microeledone Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2004 |
| Species: | M. mangoldi
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| Binomial name | |
| Microeledone mangoldi Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2004[1]
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References
edit- ^ Julian Finn (2016). "Microeledone Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2004". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ a b Amanda Reid (2016). Cephalopds of Australia. CSIRO. ISBN 1486303951.
- ^ Mark D. Norman; F.G. Hochberg; Renata Boucher-Rodoni (2004). "Microeledone mangoldi n.gen. and n.sp., a deep-water pygmy octopus from the Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae)". Molluscan Research. 24: 193–209.
- ^ "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. M." Hans G. Hansson. Retrieved 3 March 2018.