Octopus cyanea Trusted
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Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 Trusted
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Octopus vulgaris Trusted
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The Octopodiformes consists of a large group of living cephalopods, the Octopoda which contains over 200 species, the Vampyroteuthidae which contains a single species (a phylogenetic relict) and a large variety of extinct cephalopods in the Prototeuthidina and Loligosepiina. Information on the living and extinct forms are treated separately below.
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Marie Studer changed the thumbnail image of "In situ specimen taken at Mid-Atlantic Ridge, north of Rainbow; cruise MARVEL".
Katja Schulz moved the classifications by Initial Tree of Life web Import and BioLib.cz Import from Octopus to Cirroctopus antarctica.
Katja Schulz moved the classifications by BioLib.cz Import from Octopus to Pteroctopus hoylei (S.S. Berry, 1909).
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