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Cirrate octopuses have a small,
internal s**** and two fins on
their head,
while their sister suborder Incirrina has neither. The fins of
cirrate octopods...
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Grimpoteuthis is a
genus of
pelagic cirrate (finned)
octopods known as the
dumbo octopi. The name "dumbo"
originates from
their resemblance to the title...
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Cirroteuthidae is a
family of
pelagic cirrate octopuses comprising at
least three species in two genera. The
cirrate octopods have a
unique internal s****...
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Cirrate octopuses possess a well-developed
internal s**** that
supports their muscular swimming fins. This is in
contrast to the more familiar, finless...
- The main
pigment in the ink is melanin,
which gives it its
black colour.
Cirrate octopuses usually lack the ink sac.
Octopuses have two ****es and have only...
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Stauroteuthis is a
genus of
deepwater cirrate octopus, a
cephalopod mollusk. This is the only
genus in the
family Stauroteuthidae, and only
three species...
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coast of the
northern pacific ocean.
Opisthoteuthis species (like
other cirrate octopuses) use
continuous spawning,
where the
female lays one or two large...
- deep-sea
octopus first described in 1883 by
Addison E. Verrill. Like all
cirrate octopuses, O. ag****izii has
fleshy fins to aid in
swimming and a small...
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Cirrothauma murrayi, the
blind cirrate octopus, is a
nearly blind octopus whose eyes can
sense light, but not form images. It has been
found worldwide...
- when damaged.
Although Opisthoteuthidae are
categorized as
cirrates,
unlike the
other cirrates, they do not have an
intermediate web; rather, they use the...
