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Japetella
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Japetella

Japetella is a genus of pelagic octopods from the subfamily Bolitaeninae in the family Amphitretidae. It contains at least one species but another two have been questionably raised with Japetella heathi being of doubtful validity, although currently accepted and Japetella taningi being classed as a nomen dubium.

The genus contains bioluminescent species.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Diaphanous Pelagic Octopus

speciesJapetella diaphana

Japetella heathi

speciesJapetella heathi

Japetella prismatica

speciesJapetella prismatica

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 246400.