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Incirrata

cephalopod suborder
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  • blue-ringed octopus
    cephalopod
    / Annotated classification

    Suborder Incirrata (common octopus) Holocene; compact, saccular to round bodied, finless forms with muscular, contractile arms; somewhat secretive; pelagic to deep-sea and shallow waters. The elucidation of higher classification of the cephalopods is fraught with difficulties. Early specialists divided the

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    Suborder Incirrata (common octopus) Holocene; compact, saccular to round bodied, finless forms with muscular, contractile arms; somewhat secretive; pelagic to deep-sea and shallow waters. The elucidation of higher classification of the cephalopods is fraught with difficulties. Early specialists divided the

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