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  Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish, and Nautilus - The Cephalopod Page
Cephalopods are also fascinating because they have three hearts that pump blue blood, they're jet powered, and they're found in all oceans of the world, from the tropics to the poles, the intertidal to the abyss.
Cephalopods have inspired legends and stories throughout history and are thought to be the most intelligent of the invertebrates.
Cephalopods are found in all of the world's oceans, from the warm water of the tropics to the near freezing water at the poles.
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  Cephalopod - MSN Encarta
Cephalopods are highly evolved animals in terms of structure and physiology, and the complexity of their behavior is equal to that of fish.
More advanced cephalopods are exemplified by the squid and cuttlefish, in which the shell is reduced and covered by tissue.
Cephalopod embryos develop in egg masses that are often cared for by the female.
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  cephalopod - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about cephalopod
Cephalopods are the most intelligent, the fastest-moving, and the largest of all animals without backbones, and there are remarkable luminescent forms that swim or drift at great depths.
Cephalopods grow very rapidly and may be mature in a year.
After they hatch the female dies, and, although reproductive habits of many cephalopods are not known, it is thought that dying after spawning may be typical.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /cephalopod   (360 words)

  
 Cephalopod Information - Coral Sea Cephalopods - nautilus, octopus and cuttlefish
The cephalopods include the octopus, nautilus, squid and cuttlefish that are the most highly developed of all invertebrate groups.
Dr Norman has studied cephalopods throughout the Western Pacific and has commented on how little the group is known to science.
Included in the overall cephalopod project is the ongoing study of the nautilus population in the depths of Osprey Reef - a capture-record-tag-release program has been underway for five years.
www.australiancephalopods.com   (234 words)

  
 Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish, and Nautilus - The Cephalopod Page
Cephalopods are also fascinating because they have three hearts that pump blue blood, they're jet powered, and they're found in all oceans of the world, from the tropics to the poles, the intertidal to the abyss.
Cephalopods are found in all of the world's oceans, from the warm water of the tropics to the near freezing water at the poles.
Cephalopods are an ancient group that appeared some time in the late Cambrian period several million years before the first primitive fish began swimming in the ocean.
is.dal.ca /~ceph/TCP   (674 words)

  
 Cephalopod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The cephalopods ("head-foot") are the mollusk class Cephalopoda characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head, and a modification of the mollusk foot, a muscular hydrostat, into the form of arms or tentacles.
Teuthology, a branch of malacology, is the study of cephalopods.
Cephalopods are found in all the oceans of the world and at all depths.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cephalopod   (942 words)

  
 Cephalopoda   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Two groups of cephalopods exist today: The Nautiloidea with a few species of the pearly nautilus, and the Coleoidea, containing the squids, cuttlefishes, octopods and vampire squids, which is represented by about 700 species.
Cephalopods are the most active of the molluscs and some squids rival fishes in their swimming speed.
A Handbook for the Identification of Cephalopod Beaks.
tolweb.org /tree?group=Cephalopoda&contgroup=Mollusca   (1261 words)

  
 Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish, and Nautilus - The Cephalopod Page
Cephalopods are an ancient group that appeared some time in the late Cambrian period several million years before the first primitive fish began swimming in the ocean.
Cephalopods were once one of the dominant life forms in the world's ocean.
Please see the FAQs page for cephalopod questions, Marine Invertebrates of Bermuda for information on other invertebrates, the BIOS site for research and education in Bermuda and MarineBio.org and the Census of Marine Life for general information on marine biology.
www.thecephalopodpage.org   (674 words)

  
 Cephalopods - National Zoo| FONZ
Cephalopods inhabit all of the world’s oceans and occur at a wide range of depths, from ocean bottoms (benthic species) to open waters (pelagic species).
Cephalopods are famous for the gangly limbs encircling their mouths.
Cephalopods have the largest brains of any invertebrate, and species of octopus, squid, and cuttlefish are capable of learning and retaining information.
nationalzoo.si.edu /Animals/Invertebrates/Facts/cephalopods   (625 words)

  
 Cephalopod - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Teuthology, a branch of malacology, is the study of cephalopods and teuthologists are the scientists who study them.
Cephalopods' primary method of movement is by jet propulsion.
Other classifications differ, primarily in how the various decapod orders are related, and whether they should be orders or families.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Cephalopod   (547 words)

  
 The Cephalopod Page; Octopuses, Squid, Cuttlefish, and Nautilus   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Cephalopods are mollusks and therefore are related to bivalves (scallops, oysters, clams), gastropods (snails and slugs), scaphopoda (tusk shells), and polyplacophorans (chitons).
Cephalopods are an ancient group that appeared some time in the late Cambrian several million years before the first primitive fish began swimming in the ocean.
Cephalopods were once one of the dominant life forms in the world's oceans.
www.nhm.ac.uk /hosted_sites/tcp   (507 words)

  
 cephalopod. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Cephalopods are able to move about rapidly, and most are aggressive carnivores.
The rest of the foot forms a muscular funnel, or siphon, which expels water from the mantle cavity, permitting cephalopods to move about by a kind of jet propulsion.
The cephalopod head is large and is equipped with prominent eyes that resemble those of vertebrate animals.
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