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Octopoda

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Oc`top´o`da
n. pl.1.(Zool.) Same as Octocerata.
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Noun1.Octopoda - octopuses and paper nautilusOctopoda - octopuses and paper nautilus        
order Octopoda
animal order - the order of animals
Dibranchia, Dibranchiata, subclass Dibranchia, subclass Dibranchiata - comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish)
octopod - a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell
family Octopodidae, Octopodidae - a family of Octopoda
Argonautidae, family Argonautidae - represented solely by the genus Argonauta
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OCTO-FACTS The octopus is a cephalopod of the order Octopoda.
Quick thinking saved the life of stranded octopus by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
It belongs to the class Cephalopoda, Octopoda, Octopodidae and Genus Octopus.
The ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of Octopus tankahkeei by Jiao, Hai-Feng / Journal of Shellfish Research
173) was observed between Sepiolidae (Euprymna scolopes) and Octopoda (Octopus variabilis).
Phylogenetic relationships among the Decabrachia cephalopods inferred ... by Wang, Rucai / Journal of Shellfish Research
 
 
 
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