Octopus sasakii

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Octopus sasakii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Genus: Octopus
Species:
O. sasakii
Binomial name
Octopus sasakii

Octopus sasakii is a species of octopus found only in salt water. This species is a taxon inquirendum.[1]

Physical description

It is able to change its color. It moves forward by vigorously squeezing water in its cloak and pumping it through the siphon.

Diet

It is carnivorous with a diet consisting mainly of fish, crabs, lobsters and molluscs, which it catches with the suction cups on its tentacles.

Parasitism

It is parasitized by Dicyema shimantoense, which infects its renal appendages.[2]

Name

The specific name honors the Japanese zoologist Madoka Sasaki who died in 1927.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Octopus sasakii Taki, 1942". World Register of Marine Species. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. ^ Furuya, Hidetaka (Oct 2008). "Three new dicyemids from Octopus sasakii (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Octopoda)". The Journal of Parasitology. 94 (5): 1071–1081. doi:10.1645/GE-1580.1. ISSN 0022-3395. PMID 18576860.
  3. ^ "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. S." Hans G. Hansson. Retrieved 4 March 2018.

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