Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Microeledone galapagensis
Pulpito azul de Galápagos, Galápagos Deep-Sea Blue Octopus
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Cephalopoda
Order
Octopoda
Family
Megaleledonidae
Genus
Microeledone
Species
galapagensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Noroeste de la Isla Darwin, Reserva Marina de Galápagos
- Ahyong, S. Boyko, C. B., Bernot, J., Brandão, S. N., Daly, M., De Grave, S., de Voogd, N. J., Gofas, S., Hernandez, F., Mees, J., Neubauer, T. A., Paulay, G., van der Meij, S., Boydens, B., Dekeyzer, S., Goharimanesh, M., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Ackerfield, J., Zullini, A (2026) World Register of Marine Species 2026 Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ. Accessed 2026-05-14. doi:10.14284/170
- Voight, J. R. Smith, S. M., Buglass, S., & Ziegler, A. (2026) A new species of Microeledone from Galápagos Islands and an amended diagnosis of the Megaleledonidae (Octopoda: Incirrata) Zootaxa, 5814(4), 533–549. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5814.4.5
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"Galapagos Species Database, Microeledone galapagensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25636. Accessed 2 November 2026.