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Octopus sasakii
Species of mollusc From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Octopus sasakii is a species of octopus found only in salt water. This species is a taxon inquirendum.[1]
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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 with the suction cups on its tentacles.
Parasitism
It is parasitized by Dicyema shimantoense, which infects its renal appendages.[2]
Name
The specific name honors the Japanese zoologist Madoka Sasaki who died in 1927.[3]
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