Top Results for Northwest Pacific

Strongylocentrotus nudus is a species of sea urchin in the family Strongylocentrotidae, native to the northwestern Pacific. It inhabits rocky coastal waters around parts of East Asia and feeds largely by grazing on algae and other material attached to the seabed. Like other edible sea urchins, it is...

Scaphechinus mirabilis is a species of sand dollar, a flattened burrowing sea urchin in the class Echinoidea. It was described by Alexander Agassiz in 1864 and occurs in the northwestern Pacific, where it inhabits sandy or muddy seabeds in temperate coastal waters. Its disc-shaped test and short spi...

The Japanese spiny lobster, *Panulirus japonicus*, is a commercially important crustacean found throughout the northwest Pacific Ocean. It’s notable for its unique appearance and flavor profile, highly valued in Japanese cuisine. This species primarily inhabits temperate waters around Japan and is f...

"Amphioctopus fangsiao," commonly known as the ocellated octopus, is a marine cephalopod native to the coastal waters of East Asia. It is widely distributed across the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with established populations along the shores of China, Japan, and South Korea. The species typically in...

Octopus ocellatus, also known as the webfoot octopus, is a marine cephalopod species found in the shallow coastal waters of the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It is native to regions including Japan, China, and the Korean Peninsula, where it frequently burrows into sandy or muddy sea floors. The specie...

Octopus minor is a small benthic octopus native to coastal waters of the northwestern Pacific, particularly around China, Korea, and Japan. It inhabits shallow marine environments and is commercially harvested for food, with especially strong culinary importance in Korea. The species is distinguishe...

An octopus in the genus Cistopus found in the coastal and shelf waters of China and East Asia, characterized by the extensive inter-arm webbing typical of the genus.

An octopus found in coastal East Asian waters, particularly Japan and the Korean Peninsula, named for its highly variable skin patterning and coloration.

The Japanese stingray is a demersal cartilaginous fish native to the coastal waters of Japan, notable for its venomous tail spine used for defense against potential predators.

Octopus conispadiceus is a marine octopus of the family Octopodidae, also known by the common name chestnut octopus. Madoka Sasaki described it in 1917 from Japanese material, and the accepted species is associated with cold-temperate waters of the northwestern Pacific, especially around northern Ja...

Heterololigo bleekeri, commonly called the spear squid, is a coastal squid in the family Loliginidae. It occurs in the northwest Pacific, including waters around Japan and the East China Sea, and is an important commercial species in Japanese fisheries. Its biology and seasonal availability make it...

Takuyo-Daiichi Guyot is a flat-topped submarine mountain in the western Pacific Ocean, notable for being mapped by Japanese research vessels and hosting cobalt-rich crusts.

Uroteuthis edulis, commonly called the swordtip squid, is a loliginid squid found in coastal waters of the Indo-West Pacific, including waters around Japan, China, and other parts of East and Southeast Asia. It is an important target of commercial fisheries and is landed for human consumption. Its f...

Ibacus ciliatus, commonly called the Japanese fan lobster, is a flattened slipper lobster in the family Scyllaridae. It occurs in the northwestern Pacific, including waters around Japan, Taiwan, and nearby parts of East Asia, where it lives on the seafloor. Its broad, flattened body and expanded ant...

Takuyo-Daini Guyot is a guyot, or flat-topped submarine volcano, in the western Pacific Ocean near Japan. It forms part of the Geisha Guyots, a group of seamounts that includes Takuyo-Daisan, and the pair has been interpreted as part of a linear volcanic chain associated with a former hotspot track....

Markus-Necker Guyot is a prominent flat-topped seamount in the central Pacific Ocean, distinguished by its vast summit plateau and rich deposits of polymetallic crusts.

The Okhotsk ringed seal is the Sea of Okhotsk subspecies of the ringed seal, Phoca hispida ochotensis, a true seal in the family Phocidae. It is adapted to a seasonally ice-covered marine environment and uses sea ice for important parts of its life cycle, including pupping and resting. The subspecie...

The Japanese sea lion, Zalophus japonicus, was an extinct otariid pinniped of the western North Pacific. It lived around the Sea of Japan and nearby coastal waters, including areas around the Japanese Archipelago and Korean Peninsula, and was hunted commercially for products such as oil and skin. Th...

Psychocidaris ohshimai is a cidaroid sea urchin described from the western Pacific Ocean. It is associated with Japan and the northwestern Pacific, including deeper marine environments, and is regarded as a rare species in the available classification. The specific name ohshimai honors a Japanese re...

Cistopus taiwanicus is a marine octopus species in the family Octopodidae and the genus Cistopus. It was described by J. X. Liao and C. C. Lu in 2009 from material associated with Taiwan, and its formal description appeared in a study that also examined mucous pouches in the genus. The species is of...

Ogasawara Guyot is a flat-topped submarine mountain in the western Pacific near the Ogasawara Islands, also known as the Bonin Islands. A guyot is a seamount whose summit has been leveled and later submerged, leaving a broad, relatively flat top below sea level. Ogasawara Guyot has volcanic origins...

Takuyo-Daisan Guyot is a flat-topped seamount in the western Pacific and part of the northwest Pacific seafloor terrain studied by marine geologists. Japanese researchers have mapped the feature in detail through bathymetric surveys, which measure the shape and depth of the ocean floor. It is also a...

The Japanese slipper lobster, also called the Japanese mitten lobster, is the marine decapod Parribacus japonicus in the family Scyllaridae. Its reported range is around Japan, including the northwest coast west of Maizuru, the Pacific coast from Tokyo Bay southwestward, and the Ryukyu Islands. FAO...

Octopus elegans is a small benthic octopus in the family Octopodidae, associated with coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific and the Northwest Pacific around Japan. It is a marine cephalopod that lives on or near the seafloor rather than in the open water column. The species is therefore relevant to reg...

Octopus laqueus is a small benthic octopus of the western Pacific, with records associated with Japanese coastal waters. It was described in the early twentieth century and is recognized as a species with a relatively restricted range compared with broadly distributed Indo-Pacific octopuses. The ani...

Takuyo-Daigo Guyot is a flat-topped submarine volcano, or guyot, in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It lies within Japan's exclusive economic zone and has been surveyed by Japanese researchers as part of work on seamount geology and deep-sea mineral resources. The site is associated with cobalt-rich fe...

Suruga Guyot is a large, flat-topped underwater mountain located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is classified as a guyot, a type of seamount that once reached the ocean's surface, experienced wave erosion to flatten its peak, and eventually submerged as the tectonic plate cooled and sank. The dist...

Erimo Guyot is an extinct, flat-topped submarine volcano in the Pacific Ocean, notable as a key geological feature of the ancient Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain.

Ryusei Guyot is a submerged, flat-topped volcanic mountain located in the Pacific Ocean, notable for its unique geological structure and the diverse marine ecosystems it supports.