Japetella

Japetella is a genus of pelagic octopods from the subfamily Bolitaeninae in the family Amphitretidae. It contains at least one species but another two have been questionably raised with Japetella heathi being of doubtful validity, although currently accepted and Japetella taningi being classed as a nomen dubium.[1]

Japetella
Japetella diaphana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Amphitretidae
Subfamily: Bolitaeninae
Genus: Japetella
Hoyle, 1885
Type species
Japetella diaphana
Hoyle, 1885[1]
Species
  • Japetella diaphana Hoyle, 1885
  • Japetella heathi (Berry, 1911)
  • Japetella taningi (Thore, 1949) (nomen dubium)

The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2]

Japetella diaphana inhabits the oxygen minimum zone of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.[3]

References
  1. Philippe Bouchet (2013). "Japetella Hoyle, 1885". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  2. Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.
  3. Birk, Matthew A.; Mislan, K. A. S.; Wishner, Karen F.; Seibel, Brad A. (2019). "Metabolic adaptations of the pelagic octopod Japetella diaphana to oxygen minimum zones". Deep-Sea Research Part I. 148: 123–131. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2019.04.017.
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