Octopodidae

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Noun1.Octopodidae - a family of Octopoda
mollusk family - a family of mollusks
Octopoda, order Octopoda - octopuses and paper nautilus
genus Octopus - type genus of the family Octopodidae
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(Cephalopoda: Octopodidae), a new shallow-water octopus from tropical Australian waters.
Signs of multiple spawning in Graneledone pacifica (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae).
In order to discuss phylogenetic relationships within Sepiidae and with other families of Cephalopoda (Ommastrephidae, Loliginidae, Vampyroteuthidae, and Octopodidae) thirty-seven species in Genbank were included (Table II).
The families include Ancistrocheiridae (ANC), Argonautidae (ARG), Bolitaenidae (BOL), Chiroteuthidae (CHI), Coryphaenidae (COR), Cranchiidae (CRA), Delphinidae (DEL), Engraulidae (ENG), Enoploteuthidae (ENO), Enteroctopodidae (ENT), Galatheidae (GAL), Gonatidae (GON), Histioteuthidae (HIS), Loliginidae (LOL), Macrouridae (MAC), Mastigoteuthidae (MAS), Merlucciidae (MER), Myctophidae (MYC), Octopodidae (OCD), Octopoteuthidae (OCT), Oeogopsidae (OEO), Ommastrephidae (OMA), Onychoteuthidae (ONY), Pholidoteuthidae (PHO), Scombridae (SCO), Sphyraenidae (SPH), Thysanoteuthidae (THY), Tremoctopodidae (TRE), Vampyroteuthidae (VAM), and Vitreledonellidae (VIT).
Lu, "Mollusca Cephalopoda: Mid-depth octopuses (200-1000 m) of the Banda and Arafura Seas (Octopodidae and Alloposidae)," in Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, vol.
Seals in Oregon consumed 6 families of non-teleost prey, including Myxinidae, Octopodidae, Rajidae, Loliginidae, Cancridae, and Crangonidae.
The study revealed that the fishery is composed of small-scale commodity producers who use labor intensive, low technology capital to catch high valued species such as queen conch, Strombus gigas; spiny lobster, Panulirus argus; various reef-fish (Labridae, Scaridae, Lutjanidae), and octopus (Octopodidae).
Recientemente el genero Muusoctopus que formaba parte de la familia Octopodidae ha sido reasignado en base a estudios moleculares y morfologicos a la nueva familia Enteroctopodidae Strugnell et al.
Locomotion by Abdopus aculeatus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae): walking the line between primary and secondary defenses.
Boleztky (1978, 1979) provided a description of the major embryonic events and the early post-embryonic stages in the Octopodidae. Itami et al.
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