Opisthoteuthis depressa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cirrina

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Cephalopoda Subclassis: Coleoidea Cohors: Neocoleoidea Superordo: Octopodiformes Ordo: Octopoda Subordo: Cirrina

Familia: Opisthoteuthidae
Genus: Opisthoteuthis
Species: Opisthoteuthis depressa

Name

Opisthoteuthis depressa Ijima & Ikeda, 1895

Type locality: Japanese waters. 130-1100 m.

References

• Nesis, K.N.; 1882/87: Abridged key to the cephalopod mollusks of the world's ocean. 1-385 + ii pp. Light and Food Industry Publishing House, Moscow. (In Russian.) Translated into English by B.S. Levitov, edited by L.A. Burgess (1987), Cephalopods of the world. T. F. H. Publications, Neptune City, NJ, 351pp. Reference page. 
• Sasaki, M. 1929: A monograph of the dibranchiate cephalopods of the Japanese and adjacent waters. Journal of the College of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University, 20 (Supplementary number):1-357.

Vernacular names

• English: Japanese flapjack octopus
• 日本語: メンダコ
• 한국어: 우무문어
• 中文: 扁面蛸