order Octopoda

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order Octopoda - octopuses and paper nautilus

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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The complete mitochondrial genomes of two octopods Cistopus chinensis and Cistopus taiwanicus: Revealing the phylogenetic position of the genus Cistopus within the Order Octopoda. PLoS One, 8: e84216.

Characterization of Complete Mitochondrial Genome and Phylogeny of Sepia lycidas (Sepioidea, Sepiidae)

OCTO-FACTS The octopus is a cephalopod of the order Octopoda. The octopus inhabits many diverse regions of the ocean, especially coral reefs.

Quick thinking saved the life of stranded octopus

scolopes Berry, 1913 AN/BO Hawaii, USA Order TEUTHOIDEA Suborder MYOPSIDA Family Loliginidae Loligo chinensis Gray, 1849 ZH South China Sea Suborder OEGOPSIDA Family Chtenopterygidae Chtenopteryx sicula (Verany, 1851) AN Pacific Ocean Order OCTOPODA Suborder CIRRATA Family Cirroteuthidae Monterey Bay, CA Grimpoteuthis sp.

Phylogenetic relationships among the Decabrachia cephalopods inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences