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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

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

Diet

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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

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

Name

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

References

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  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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