Definition of Octopoda. Meaning of Octopoda. Synonyms of Octopoda

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Definition of Octopoda

Octopoda
Octocerata Oc`to*cer"a*ta, n.pl. [NL., fr. Gr.? eight + ?, a horn.] (Zo["o]l.) A suborder of Cephalopoda including Octopus, Argonauta, and allied genera, having eight arms around the head; -- called also Octopoda.
Octopoda
Octopoda Oc*top"o*da, n.pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) Same as Octocerata. (b) Same as Arachnida.

Meaning of Octopoda from wikipedia

- octopuses or octopodes) is a soft-bodied, eight-limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda (/ɒkˈtɒpədə/, ok-TOP-ə-də). The order consists of some 300 species and...
- of the superfamily Argonautoidea in the suborder Incirrata of the order Octopoda. The seven-arm octopus is so named because in males, the hectocotylus (a...
- Rare Pelagic Cephalopod Ocythoe tuberculata (Octopoda: Argonautoidea): The Record Fecundity for Octopoda and New Data on Morphometry" (PDF). Turkish Journal...
- Henriques, C. (August 2000). "A revision of the family Stauroteuthidae (Octopoda: Cirrata) with redescriptions of Stauroteuthis syrtensis and S. gilchristi"...
- †Trachyteuthididae (incertae sedis) Order Vampyromorphida: vampire squid Order Octopoda Genus †Keuppia (incertae sedis) Genus †Palaeoctopus (incertae sedis) Genus...
- "Systematics, distribution, and biology of cephalopods of the genus Tremoctopus (Octopoda: Tremoctopodidae)". Bulletin of Marine Science. 27 (3): 353–392. "Blanket...
- iridescence is exposed, thereby revealing the blue color. Similar to other Octopoda, blue-ringed octopuses swim by expelling water from a funnel in a form...
- reduced and used only as a sensory filament in the Vampyromorphida, while Octopoda species have totally lost that arm pair. The inner surface of the suckers...
- of Opisthoteuthis, O. dongshaensis sp. nov., from the South China Sea (Octopoda: Cirrata: Opisthoteuthidae)." Zoological Studies 49.3 (2010): 405 420....
- octopods with a large 'butterfly-shaped' s****. They are unique in the Octopoda in being blind, with eyes lacking lenes and being imbedded/covered in head...