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annotated classification
- In cephalopod: Annotated classification
Suborder Palaeoctopoda (finned octopod) Cretaceous, some living. Suborder Cirrata (Cirromorpha) Holocene; soft-bodied, deep-webbed forms with cirri on arms and small to large paddle-shaped fins; primarily deep-sea. Suborder Incirrata (common octopus)
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description
- In cephalopod: Locomotion
The finned octopods and the bottle-tailed squids have paddle-shaped fins that probably are most useful for hovering and slow swimming. The female argonaut (Argonauta) propels herself by jet propulsion while encased in her paper-thin shell. The chambered nautilus (Nautilus) is a less active swimmer, partly due…
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