Cephalopod limb
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All cephalopods possess flexible limbs extending from their heads and surrounding their beaks. These appendages, which function as muscular hydrostats, have been variously termed arms, legs or tentacl
Arm of Illex illecebrosus with two rows of suckers along its length
Tentacle of Illex illecebrosus with a distal tentacular club (right)
Arms and buccal mass of the squid Taningia danae. As in other Octopoteuthidae, the tentacles are absent in adults.
Oral view of the bobtail squid Semirossia tenera
Coleoidea
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Coleoidea or Dibranchiata is one of the two subclasses of cephalopod molluscs containing all the various taxa popularly thought of as "soft-bodied" or "shell-less". Unlike its sister groups, the shell
Cuttlefish komodo large
Octopus vulgaris 2
Psychroteuthis glacialis
Taningia sp.