bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.14.435358; this version posted March 15, 2021. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. 1 Seasonal occurrence of Japanese pygmy octopus Octopus parvus in the intertidal 2 zone 3 4 Yuta Yamate¹, Takumi Ohya2, Toshifumi Wada3,4, and Takeshi Takegaki¹ 5 6 1. Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1- 7 14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan 8 2. Faculty of Fisheries, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 9 852-8521, Japan 10 3. Institute of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Hyogo, 6 11 Yayoigaoka, Sanda, Hyogo 669-1546, Japan 12 4. Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo, 6 Yayoigaoka, Sanda, Hyogo 669- 13 1546, Japan 14 15 Corresponding author: 16 Yuta Yamate (Tell: +81-80-4556-5830) 17 Takeshi Takegaki (Tell & Fax: +81-95-819-2819) 18 19 E-mail address 20 Yuta Yamate:
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[email protected] 24 1 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.14.435358; this version posted March 15, 2021. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. 25 Abstract 26 The Japanese pygmy octopus Octopus parvus is a small octopus that occurs commonly 27 along the coast of southern Japan, and is caught using traditional fishing methods.