Octopus minor | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Octopoda |
Family: | Octopodidae |
Subfamily: | Octopodinae |
Genus: | Octopus |
Species: | O. minor |
Binomial name | |
Octopus minor Sasaki |
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Octopus minor, commonly called long arm octopus or Korean common octopus, is an octopus species found along the coastal waters of China, Korea, Japan, and Sakhalin.
In Korean cuisine, long arm octopuses are stir-fried into nakji-bokkeum (stir-fried octopus) or eaten raw as san-nakji (sliced raw octopus).
Long arm octopus for sale at a fish market in South Korea
Nakji-bokkeum (stir-fried octopus)
San-nakji (sliced raw octopus)