Opisthoteuthis japonica

Opisthoteuthis japonica
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Family:	Opisthoteuthidae
Genus:	Opisthoteuthis
Species:	O. japonica
Binomial name
	Opisthoteuthis japonica; Taki, 1962 [2]

Opisthoteuthis japonica is a species of octopus that lives in the Pacific Ocean near Japan. Its mantle is about 45 millimeters long, and it's been found at 152 meters deep.[3] O. japonica lives in the neritic zone.[2]

References

Lyons, G; Allcock, L. "Opisthoteuthis japonica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 14 April 2018.old-form url
Bouchet, Philippe; van der Land, Jacob. "Opisthoteuthis japonica Taki, 1962". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
Jereb, Patrizia; Roper, Clyde F.E.; Norman, Mark D.; Finn, Julian K. (2016). Cephalopods of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids (PDF). Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. p. 285. ISBN 978-92-5-107989-8. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

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[IUCN-1] Lyons, G; Allcock, L. "Opisthoteuthis japonica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 14 April 2018.old-form url

[WoRMS-2] Bouchet, Philippe; van der Land, Jacob. "Opisthoteuthis japonica Taki, 1962". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 April 2018.

[FAO-3] Jereb, Patrizia; Roper, Clyde F.E.; Norman, Mark D.; Finn, Julian K. (2016). Cephalopods of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids (PDF). Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. p. 285. ISBN 978-92-5-107989-8. Retrieved 13 April 2018.