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Grimpoteuthis is a
genus of
pelagic cirrate (finned)
octopods known as the
dumbo octopus. The name "dumbo"
originates from
their resemblance to the title...
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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...
- when damaged.
Although Opisthoteuthidae are
categorized as
cirrates,
unlike the
other cirrates, they do not have an
intermediate web; rather, they use the...
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appears transitional in form
between those of
incirrate octopuses and
other cirrates, and
resembles the
reduced s**** of the Late
Cretaceous Palaeoctopus newboldi...
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distinguished from the
cirrate octopuses by the
absence in the
former of the "cirri"
filaments (found with the suckers) for
which the
cirrates are named, as well...
- suborders, the
Incirrina and the Cirrina. More
recent evidence suggests cirrates are
merely the most
basal species, not a
unique clade. The
incirrate octopuses...
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Cirroteuthidae is a
family of
pelagic cirrate octopuses comprising at
least five
species in
three genera. The
cirrate octopods have a
unique internal s****...
- 500
metres (4,900 to 14,800 ft)
beneath the ocean's surface. Like
other cirrates, it has an
internal s****,
muscular fins for swimming, and a web connecting...
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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...
- is a
genus of
cirrate octopuses,
sometimes known as
flapjack octopuses,
which are
found in all the world's oceans. Like
other cirrates,
octopuses in Opisthoteuthis...
