First record of three species of octopodidae and gonatidae, cephalopods in the East/Japan Sea

J Environ Biol. 2008 Jul;29(4):581-4.

Abstract

Three species of the unrecorded octopus and squids, Octopus megalops, Berryteuthis magister and Gonatopsis makko were collected for the first time from the East/Japan Sea in June, 2005. New Korean names proposed for these three species are "Big-eye octopus, Mako gonate squid, Schoolmater gonate squid" for the O. megalops, B. magister and G. makko, respectively. We report detailed taxonomic descriptions of these species.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cephalopoda / anatomy & histology
  • Cephalopoda / classification*
  • Cephalopoda / physiology*
  • Geography
  • Japan
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Shellfish
  • Species Specificity