Opisthoteuthis albatrossi explained

Opisthoteuthis albatrossi (common name in Japanese: オオクラゲダコ) is a cirrate octopus originally found off Kinkasan in Japan.^[1] This species was described from only four specimens. It is similar to Opisthoteuthis californiana;^[2] the two may be the same species. It is also similar to Opisthoteuthis japonica.^[3]

O. albatrossi lives in the North Pacific, from Japanese waters to the Sea of Okhotsk. It exists at recorded depths of below the surface.^[4]

Description

Opisthoteuthis albatrossi is a small octopus; its total length is .^[5] Each arm has more than 80 suckers, and males have some very enlarged suckers, typical to opisthoteuthids. Like other cirrate octopuses, it has a thick, fleshy web connecting its arms; a small internal shell to support its body; and cirri on its arms.

External links

• Drawings of the octopus and its body parts

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vecchione . Michael . Young . Richard E. . Opisthoteuthis albatrossi . Tree of Life Web Project . 2003.
2. Pereyra . Walter T. . New Records and Observations on the Flapjack Devilfish, Opisthoteuthis californiana Berry . Pacific Science . 1965 . 19 . 429.
3. Book: Jereb . P. . Cephalopods of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date · Volume 3 . 2005 . Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations . 9789251079898 . 256 .
4. Book: Gibson . R. N. . Atkinson . R. J. A. . Gordon . J. D. M. . Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, Volume 44 . 2006 . CRC Press . 9781420006391 . 297 .
5. Book: Jereb . P. . Cephalopods of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date · Volume 3 . 2005 . Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations . 9789251079898 . 254 .