Octopus sasakii
| Octopus sasakii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Octopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Octopodinae |
| Genus: | Octopus |
| Binomial name | |
| Octopus sasakii | |
Octopus sasakii is a species of octopus found only in salt water.
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 the suction cups on its tentacles.
Parasitism
It is parasitized by Dicyema shimantoense, which infects its renal appendages.[1]
References
- ↑ 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. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
- ITIS Report: Octopus sasakii — the Island Sea of Japan.
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