All cephalopods possess flexible limbs extending from their heads and surrounding their beaks. These appendages, which function as muscular hydrostats...

A cephalopod /ˈsɛfələpɒd/ is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda /sɛfəˈlɒpədə/ (Greek plural κεφαλόποδες, kephalópodes; "head-feet") such as...

referring to the corolla of some flowers. Cephalopod limb: The outer shallow cavity of a sucker on a Cephalopod limb is called an infundibulum. Infundibulum...

length is generally considered more reliable than total length because cephalopod limbs may easily be stretched beyond their natural length and are often damaged...

All extant cephalopods have a two-part beak, or rostrum, situated in the buccal mass and surrounded by the muscular head appendages. The dorsal (upper)...

Cephalopod attacks on humans have been reported since ancient times. A significant portion of these attacks are questionable or unverifiable tabloid stories...

nautiloids. Like other cephalopods, an octopus is bilaterally symmetric with two eyes and a beaked mouth at the centre point of the eight limbs. The soft body...

Cephalopod fins, sometimes known as wings, are paired flap-like locomotory appendages. They are found in ten-limbed cephalopods (including squid, bobtail...

transportation, and respiration. All cephalopods, a mollusc phylum, have flexible appendages known as cephalopod limbs. They may have further extensions...

the presence of eight arms and two tentacles. Tentacles are retractable limbs used to target and latch onto prey, whereas arms are used for handling prey...

Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A squid is a type of marine cephalopod with ten limbs. Squid or squids may also refer to: Squid (band), a post-punk...

Decapodiformes is a superorder of Cephalopoda comprising all cephalopod species with ten limbs, specifically eight short arms and two long tentacles. It...

Cephalopods, usually specifically octopuses, squids, nautiluses and cuttlefishes, are most commonly represented in popular culture in the Western world...

In human anatomy, the arm refers to the upper limb in common usage, although academically the term specifically means the upper arm between the glenohumeral...

the forelimb of an animal. In tetrapods, it is the part of the pentadactyl limb that includes the metacarpals and digits (phalanges). During evolution, it...

the oral sucker and the acetabulum. Cephalopods are characterised by elongated appendages known as cephalopod limbs for locomotion and grasping objects...

gas-filled chambers present in chambered nautilus shells and is not a true cephalopod shell, but rather an evolutionary innovation unique to the genus. It is...

Examples of cephalopds Pain in cephalopods is a contentious issue. Pain is a complex mental state, with a distinct perceptual quality but also associated...

Many coleoids lack hectocotyli altogether. Among Decapodiformes (ten-limbed cephalopods), generally either one or both of arms IV are hectocotylized. In incirrate...

evolution and nature of consciousness. It compares the situation in cephalopods, especially octopuses and cuttlefish, with that in mammals and birds...

reinterpret Nectocaris as a primitive cephalopod, with only 2 tentacles instead of the 8 or 10 limbs of modern cephalopods. The structure previous researchers...

Belemnitida (or belemnites) is an extinct order of squid-like cephalopods that existed from the Late Triassic to Late Cretaceous. Unlike squid, belemnites...

v t e Fins, limbs and wings Fins Aquatic locomotion Cephalopod fin Fish locomotion Fin and flipper locomotion Caudal fin Dorsal fin Fish fin Flipper Lobe-finned...

tissue of flamboyant cuttlefish is highly toxic, making it only the third cephalopod found to be poisonous. Research by Mark Norman with the Museum Victoria...

of all Nautilus species, are more primitive than those of most other cephalopods; the eye has no lens and thus is comparable to a pinhole camera. The...

S2CID 7314266. Lee PN, Callaerts P, De Couet HG, Martindale MQ (August 2003). "Cephalopod Hox genes and the origin of morphological novelties". Nature. 424 (6952):...

tentilla. Kier, William M. (February 2016). "The Musculature of Coleoid Cephalopod Arms and Tentacles". Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 4: 10...

relations between a woman and an octopus. Some early netsuke carvings show cephalopods fondling nude women. Hokusai's contemporary Yanagawa Shigenobu created...

moths, butterflies, mantises and phasmids among the insects. In the cephalopods, different species of octopuses, squids, cuttlefish and the paper nautilus...

episode of 1960s British TV series The Avengers Decapodiformes, ten-limbed cephalopods with eight arms and two tentacles Decapodian, decapod-like fictional...