First record of three species of octopodidae and gonatidae, cephalopods in the East/Japan Sea.
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.
Kim
Yeonghye
Y
National Fisheries Research and Development Institute, Busan 619-902, Republic of Korea. yhkim@nfrdi.re.kr
Lee
Dong Woo
DW
Hong
Byung Kyu
BK
Chun
Young Yull
YY
D000818:Animals; D049830:Cephalopoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*; D005843:Geography; D007564:Japan; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D012758:Shellfish; D013045:Species Specificity