Flapjack Octopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Octopoda Family: Opisthoteuthidae Genus: Opisthoteuthis Species: O. californiana
Binomial name
Opisthoteuthis californiana Berry, 1949

The Flapjack Octopus (Opisthoteuthis californiana) is a species of octopus. This article explains how to read a taxobox. ... For other uses, see Scientific classification (disambiguation). ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera Subregnum Eumetazoa Placozoa Orthonectida Rhombozoa Radiata (unranked) Ctenophora Cnidaria Bilateria (unranked) Acoelomorpha Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata Hemichordata Echinodermata Chaetognatha Xenoturbellida Superphylum Ecdysozoa Kinorhyncha Loricifera Priapulida Nematoda Nematomorpha Onychophora Tardigrada Arthropoda Superphylum Platyzoa Platyhelminthes Gastrotricha Rotifera Acanthocephala Gnathostomulida Micrognathozoa Cycliophora Superphylum Lophotrochozoa Sipuncula Nemertea Phoronida Ectoprocta Bryozoa... Classes Caudofoveata Aplacophora Polyplacophora - Chitons Monoplacophora Bivalvia - Bivalves Scaphopoda - Tusk shells Gastropoda - Snails and Slugs Cephalopoda - Squids, Octopuses, etc. ... Orders Subclass Nautiloidea †Plectronocerida †Ellesmerocerida †Actinocerida †Pseudorthocerida †Endocerida †Tarphycerida †Oncocerida †Discosorida Nautilida †Orthocerida †Ascocerida †Bactritida Subclass †Ammonoidea †Goniatitida †Ceratitida †Ammonitida Subclass Coleoidea †Belemnoidea †Aulacocerida †Belemnitida †Hematitida †Phragmoteuthida Neocoleoidea (most living cephalopods) Sepiida Sepiolida Spirulida Teuthida Octopoda Vampyromorphida The cephalopods (Greek plural (kephalópoda); head-foot) are the mollusk class Cephalopoda... Families 14 in two suborders, see text The octopus is a cephalopod of the order Octopoda that inhabits many diverse regions of the ocean, especially coral reefs. ... Genera Cirroctopus Opisthoteuthis Species Genus Cirroctopus Cirroctopus antarctica Cirroctopus glacialis Four-blotched Umbrella Octopus, Cirroctopus hochbergi Cirroctopus mawsoni Genus Opisthoteuthis Opisthoteuthis agassizii Flapjack Octopus, Opisthoteuthis californiana Roughy Umbrella Octopus, Opisthoteuthis chathamensis Japanese Pancake Devilfish, Opisthoteuthis depressa Opisthoteuthis extensa Opisthoteuthis grimaldii Opisthoteuthis japonica Opisthoteuthis medusoides Meros Umbrella Octopus, Opisthoteuthis mero... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... This article is about the zoologist Samuel Stillman Berry. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Families 11 in two suborders, see text. ...

Distribution

Off Eureka Bar, California, 350 m. Also known from Japan, off Kashima-Nada, 530-560 m. Nesis (1982/87) reports it from the Bering Sea to the Sea of Okhotsk to off central Honshu in the northwestern Pacific and to off southern California in the northeastern Pacific.

Classification

The Opisthoteuthis californiana is one of 14 species in the Opisthoteuthis genus. These species are also known as the flapjack devilfishes. For other uses of the word, please see Genus (disambiguation). ...

Species of Opisthoteuthis are the most compressed, in the anterior-posterior axis, of any cephalopod. This flattened appearance gives them the common name of flapjack or pancake devilfish. Species are thought to be primarily benthic although they are capable of swimming and in some species the swimming may be an important component of their pouncing on minute prey. As in other cirrates, most species are poorly known. In marine geology and biology, benthos are the organisms and habitats of the sea floor; in freshwater biology they are the organisms and habitats of the bottoms of lakes, rivers, and creeks. ... Families Opisthoteuthidae Cirroteuthidae Stauroteuthidae Cirrata is a suborder of the order Octopoda. ...

Popular culture

The Flapjack Octopus has been made famous by Pearl, the pink octopus character in the Disney/Pixar film Finding Nemo. Walt Disney Pictures 2006 - present logo. ... Pixar Animation Studios is an award-winning American computer animation studio based in Emeryville, California (USA). ... Finding Nemo is an Academy Award-winning computer-animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released to theaters by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. ...

However, according to one of the scientific consultants on the film, Adam Summers, "Pearl would be pink mush since flapjack octopuses (Opisthoteuthis californiana) are abyssal creatures. They reside only at great depths".

External links

• Finding Nemo
• ToLWeb entry for Flapjack Octopus
• CephBase: Flapjack Octopus
• Photo of a Flapjack Octopus taken at 400 m depth.