Kingdom Animalia Class Cephalopoda Family Octopodidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Order Octopoda Subfamily Octopodinae | |
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Octopus sasakii is a species of octopus found only in salt water.
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Physical description
It is able to change its color. It moves forward by vigorously squeezing water in its cloak and pumping it through the siphon.
Diet
It is carnivorous with a diet consisting mainly of fish, crabs, lobsters and molluscs, which it catches the suction cups on its tentacles.
Parasitism
It is parasitized by Dicyema shimantoense, which infects its renal appendages.
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