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Octopus minor

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
Synonyms
  • Octopus minor minor Sasaki
  • Polypus macropus minor Sasaki
  • Polypus variabilis pardalis Sasaki
  • Polypus variabilis typicus Sasaki

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)


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