Turquet's octopus

plural Turquet's octopuses · nonstandard plural Turquet's octopusses · nonstandard plural Turquet's octopi · nonstandard plural Turquet's octopii · plural rare Turquet's octopodes

1. A species of octopus, Pareledone turqueti, which lives in waters around the Antarctic.

   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.

   2023 February 4, Graham Readfearn, The Guardian