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Octopodiformes
Temporal range: Early Pennsylvanian – recent
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Octopus vulgaris
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
(unranked): Neocoleoidea
Superorder: Octopodiformes
Berthold & Engeser, 1987
Subgroups

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Synonyms
  • Octobrachia Fiorini, 1981
  • Vampyropoda Boletzky, 1992

Octopodiformes is a group of cephalopods with eight arms and no skeletal structure. They include Octopods and the Vampire squid.

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