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