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Octopus sinensis
Species of octopus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Octopus sinensis (commonly the East Asian common octopus) is a mollusk belonging to the class Cephalopoda. Octopus sinensis is a well-known shallow-water benthic octopus species found in the coastal, temperature waters of South Korea, China, and Japan,[1] with the species name, sinensis being Latin for Chinese.[2] Octopus sinensis is closely related to the Atlantic and Mediterranean common octopus, Octopus vulgaris.[3] Because of the morphological similarities, O. sinensis was considered synonymous with Octopus vulgaris until 2017.[3][1][4] Octopus sinensis are carnivores that prey upon on many shallow-water animals such as crustaceans and mollusks.[5][6]
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Octopus sinensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Octopoda |
Family: | Octopodidae |
Genus: | Octopus |
Species: | O. sinensis |
Binomial name | |
Octopus sinensis d'Orbigny 1841 | |
Synonyms | |
O. vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 |
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