Japetella
Japetella is a genus of pelagic octopods from the subfamily Bolitaeninae in the family Amphitretidae. It contains at least one species but another two have been questionably raised with Japetella heathi being of doubtful validity, although currently accepted and Japetella taningi being classed as a nomen dubium.
The genus contains bioluminescent species.
Japetella diaphana inhabits the oxygen minimum zone of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.
