Amphioctopus fangsiao
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A. fangsiao
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Amphioctopus fangsiao is a species of octopus, a cephalopod belonging to the genus Amphioctopus.[2] It is found in the Pacific Ocean, including off the coasts of New Zealand.[3]
In Korea, this octopus is eaten by boiling alive in soup.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Philippine Sea, the northwest pacific and off Japan (Osaka Bay)
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References
Further reading
- Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66:127–154.
- Furuya, H. (2006). Three new species of dicyemid mesozoans (Phylum Dicyemida) from Amphioctopus fangsiao (Mollusca: Cephalopoda), with comments on the occurrence patterns of dicyemids. Zoological Science 23: 105–119.
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