I wantedchose to research Opisthoteuthis californiana because I just thoughtthink that it wasis a cool organism that usually no onemany people have not heard of. Also, II also picked the Opisthoteuthis californiana, known as athe flapjack octopus, because Pearl from Finding Nemo is a flapjack and she was one of my favorite characters. The flapjack octopus regularly eats tiny fish, planktonsplankton, and additional crustaceans. They get their nutrients from the food they eat and store the energy they get they storeto use it so when they need it they have it. They don't have to use so much energy because they move with the water and when they want to move in one direction they use their fins. The surface of flapjacks areflapjacks' surface is orangey-red and spongy. They andare small, web-like small creatures with fins that look like ears. Also,The Opisthoteuthis californiana looks like umbrellas and whenan umbrella. When they are going to attack their prey, they become flat to notso that they don't look threatening. The flapjack's primary defense they use isis its morphing skin. Flapjack has aFlapjacks' disadvantage inis that they have no ink sac and the advantage is theythat they can use their fins to move through the water.
Opisthoteuthis californiana is faced with threatsfaces with many different types ofthreats from large fish, big arthropods, and mollusks. The man-made problems that impact them are pollution, boaters, and fishermen. No, Opisthoteuthis californiana is not close to extinction., and They just found onlythere have been 15 species of flapjack found to date.