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Octopus is the largest genus of octopuses, comprising about 100 species. These species are widespread throughout the world's oceans. Many species formerly placed in ...
An octopus (pl.: octopuses or octopodes [a]) is a soft-bodied, eight-limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda (/ ɒ k ˈ t ɒ p ə d ə /, ok-TOP-ə-də [3]).The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttlefish, and nautiloids.
The common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) is a mollusk belonging to the class Cephalopoda. Octopus vulgaris is one of the most studied of all octopus species, and also one of the most intelligent. It ranges from the eastern Atlantic, extends from the Mediterranean Sea and the southern coast of England , to the southern coast of South Africa.
Octopus dofleini martini Pickford, 1964 The giant Pacific octopus ( Enteroctopus dofleini ), also known as the North Pacific giant octopus , is a large marine cephalopod belonging to the genus Enteroctopus and Enteroctopodidae family.
Family Opisthoteuthidae has classically contained a single genus, Opisthoteuthis, which has recently been split into three genera on the basis of differences in enlarged suckers on male specimens. [5] [6] Genera Grimpoteuthis, Luteuthis, and Cryptoteuthis now are included in the family Grimpoteuthidae. Genus Opisthoteuthis Verrill, 1883 [4] [7]
Wunderpus photogenicus, the wunderpus octopus, is a small-bodied species of octopus with distinct white and rusty brown coloration. [2] 'Wunderpus' from German "wunder" meaning 'marvel or wonder'. [3] Due to the appearance and behavior of the wunderpus, it is frequently confused with its close relative, the mimic octopus.
Saber-toothed cats of the extinct genus Homotherium lived across the globe during the Pliocene (5.3 million to 2.6 million years ago) and early Pleistocene (2.6 million to 11,700 years ago) epochs ...
Egg string and embryos of H. atlanticus collected north of the Cape Verde Islands): The eggs measure around 8 mm (0.31 in) at their widest. The seven-arm octopus is so named because in males, the hectocotylus (a specially modified arm used in egg fertilization) is coiled in a sac beneath the right eye.