Turquet's octopus

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Turquet's octopus (plural Turquet's octopuses)

  1. A species of octopus, Pareledone turqueti, which lives in waters around the Antarctic.
    • 2023 February 4, Graham Readfearn, The Guardian[1]:
      In an ingenious approach, a team of 11 scientists – including biologists, geneticists, glaciologists, computer scientists and ice-sheet modellers – looked at the genetics of Turquet’s octopus – a species that has been living around the Antarctic continent for about 4m years.