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Octopus

mollusk genus

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characteristics and distribution

  • blue-ringed octopus
    In cephalopod: Reproduction and life cycles

    The hectocotylized arm of Octopus bears a deep groove on one side, ending in a spoonlike terminal organ. In Argonauta and Tremoctopus the arm is highly modified and in mating is autotomized (self-amputated) and left within the mantle cavity of the female. In the squids a much larger section…

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  • blue-ringed octopus
    In cephalopod: Ecology

    …restrictions in their distribution, but Octopus vulgaris and O. macropus, both species with planktonic larvae, have gained worldwide distribution. In general, the pelagic and planktonic cephalopods conform in their distribution to other pelagic animals.

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octopus order

  • octopus
    In octopus

    …are members of the genus Octopus, a large group of widely distributed shallow-water cephalopods. (See cephalopod.)

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