Velodona togata is the only species in the
octopus genus Velodona; the genus and species names come from the large membranes that connect its arms. It was first described by
Carl Chun in his book Die Cephalopoden (from which this illustration is taken) in 1915. A second subspecies was described by
Guy Coburn Robson in 1924.Illustration: Ewald Rübsamen