Opisthoteuthis albatrossi
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| Opisthoteuthis albatrossi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Opisthoteuthidae |
| Genus: | Opisthoteuthis |
| Species: | O. albatrossi |
| Binomial name | |
| Opisthoteuthis albatrossi (Sasaki, 1920)[2] | |
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Opisthoteuthis albatrossi (common name in Japanese: オオクラゲダコ[2]) is a cirrate octopus originally found off Kinkasan in Japan.[3] This species was described from only four specimens. It is similar to Opisthoteuthis californiana;[4] the two may be the same species.[3] It is also similar to Opisthoteuthis japonica.[5]
O. albatrossi lives in the North Pacific, from Japanese waters to the Sea of Okhotsk.[6] It exists at recorded depths of 486 to 1,679 m (0.3 to 1.0 mi) below the surface.[7]