Octopus
This article is about the order of cephalopod. For other uses, see Octopus (disambiguation) .
Octopus
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* limbed
* mollusc
* order
* species
* class
* Cephalopoda
* squids
* cuttlefish
* nautiloids
* bilaterally symmetric
* beak
* tentacles
* siphon
* respiration
* locomotion
* invertebrates
* ocean
* coral reefs
* pelagic
* seabed
* intertidal zone
* abyssal depths
* senescent
* ink
* camouflage
* threat displays
* venomous
* blue-ringed octopuses
* Kraken
* Akkorokamui
* Ainu
* Gorgon
* ancient Greece
* Victor Hugo
* Toilers of the Sea
* Ian Fleming
* Octopussy
* shunga
* Mediterranean
* scientific Latin
* octopus
* Ancient Greek
* ὀκτώπους
* compound
* ὀκτώ
* πούς
* ὀκτάπους
* Alexander of Tralles
* [3]
* [4]
* [5]
* pluralised
* [6]
* [7]
* wrongly assumes
* Latin
* second declension
* -us
* third declension
* [8]
* [9]
* [10]
* [11]
* descriptivist
* Oxford English Dictionary
* [12]
* New Oxford American Dictionary
* [13]
* giant Pacific octopus
* [14]
* [15]
* [16]
* [17]
* seven-arm octopus
* [18]
* [19]
* Octopus wolfi
* [20]
* bilaterally symmetrical
* foot
* appendages
* [21]
* [21]
* [23]
* [24]
* mantle
* siphon
* [21]
* [27]
* beak
* [21]
* muscular hydrostats
* [29]
* acetabulum
* [30]
* [31]
* cartilaginous
* cornea
* translucent
* pupil
* iris
* retinal cells
* [21]
* Cirrina
* fins
* internal shell
* cirri
* [32]
* [33]
* circulatory system
* copper
* haemocyanin
* viscous
* blood pressures
* [36]
* endothelium
* invertebrates
* [21]
* lamella
* [39]
* [36]
* [40]
* [40]
* buccal mass
* radula
* chitin
* gastrointestinal tract
* crop
* caecum
* digestive gland
* [42]
* osmoregulation
* pericardia
* nephridia
* vena cava
* [21]
* brain-to-body mass ratios
* [44]
* [45]
* nervous system
* [46]
* neurons
* reflex
* [47]
* somatotopic map
* [48]
* polarisation
* Colour vision
* [49]
* opsins
* [50]
* cephalopod eyes
* photoreceptor protein
* chromatic aberration
* [51]
* dumbbell
* [52]
* statocysts
* autonomic
* [21]
* [53]
* sense of touch
* chemoreceptors
* taste
* [54]
* tension
* stereognosis
* mental image
* proprioceptive
* observing the arms visually
* ink sac
* ink
* melanin
* [57]
* Cirrate
* [32]
* gonochoric
* coelom
* testis
* ovary
* gonocoel
* gametes
* gonoduct
* mantle cavity
* gonopore
* [21]
* [59]
* hectocotylus
* spermatophores
* [60]
* benthic
* [21]
* giant Pacific octopus
* [21]
* Alaska
* [62]
* [63]
* senescent
* [64]
* cleavage
* germinal disc
* gastrulation
* [21]
* paralarvae
* planktonic
* copepods
* arthropod
* zooplankton
* metamorphoses
* mollusc
* [21]
* southern blue-ringed
* Caribbean reef
* California two-spot
* Eledone moschata
* [65]
* [62]
* [66]
* argonaut
* [67]
* life expectancy
* giant Pacific octopus
* hormonal
* [68]
* broodiness
* [69]
* marine habitats
* tide pools
* Octopus cyanea
* argonauts
* pelagic waters
* Abdopus aculeatus
* seagrass
* Bathypolypus arcticus
* abyssal plains
* Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis
* hydrothermal vents
* [33]
* [70]
* [71]
* [72]
* territorial
* [73]
* midden
* crabs
* echinoderms
* scavengers
* crustaceans
* polychaete worms
* whelks
* clams
* [76]
* bivalve molluscs
* Clinocardium nuttallii
* spider crabs
* moon snails
* limpets
* rock scallops
* chitons
* abalone
* saliva
* [76]
* nerve toxin
* [78]
* Grimpoteuthis
* [32]
* Stauroteuthis
* photophores
* bioluminescent
* [80]
* Jet propulsion
* [81]
* [82]
* fusiform
* [81]
* peristaltic waves
* [32]
* Adopus aculeatus
* Amphioctopus marginatus
* [83]
* [81]
* [84]
* [85]
* [86]
* [87]
* intelligent
* [88]
* [89]
* [90]
* [91]
* Maze
* problem-solving
* short-
* long-term memory
* parental care
* [62]
* observational learning
* [92]
* [88]
* [89]
* play
* [93]
* [85]
* [94]
* [95]
* fishing boats
* [90]
* veined octopus
* coconut
* tool use
* [87]
* [96]
* [97]
* camouflage
* Chromatophores
* [98]
* [91]
* seabirds
* sea otters
* pinnipeds
* cetaceans
* mimicry
* warning coloration (aposematism)
* deimatic behaviour
* [101]
* Atlantic white-spotted octopus
* [102]
* [103]
* smell
* sharks
* pseudomorphs
* [104]
* autotomy
* skinks
* lizards
* [105]
* replace lost limbs
* mimic octopus
* lionfish
* eels
* [107]
* [108]
* hosts
* cestodes
* nematodes
* protistan
* metazoan
* [109]
* Dicyemidae
* [110]
* endosymbionts
* Coccidians
* Aggregata
* immune system
* haemocytes
* phagocytosis
* [111]
* Vibrio lentus
* [112]
* Carboniferous
* Pohlsepia
* squids
* cuttlefish
* Coleoidea
* Nautiloids
* Ammonoidea
* [114]
* tentacles
* [115]
* [116]
* [117]
* Vampyroteuthis
* [118]
* cladograms
* [119]
* William Elford Leach
* [120]
* [2]
* Incirrina
* [33]
* stylets
* [122]
* RNA editing
* nucleic acid sequence
* primary transcript
* fruit fly
* ADAR
* double-stranded RNA
* basal
* [125]
* Minoan Crete
* Knossos
* [126]
* Gorgon
* Greek mythology
* Medusa
* [127]
* Kraken
* Linnaeus
* Systema Naturae
* [128]
* [129]
* creation myth
* [130]
* Akkorokamui
* monster
* Ainu
* [131]
* Victor Hugo
* Toilers of the Sea
* Guernsey
* [132]
* Ian Fleming
* Octopussy and The Living Daylights
* James Bond film
* [133]
* shunga
* ukiyo-e
* Katsushika Hokusai
* The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife
* ama diver
* [134]
* [135]
* tentacle erotica
* [136]
* P. Z. Myers
* Pharyngula
* [137]
* [138]
* [139]
* incidents have been verified
* [140]
* [141]
* tetrodotoxin
* nerve impulses
* cerebral anoxia
* [142]
* [143]
* fisheries
* [145]
* [146]
* traps
* trawls
* [145]
* [147]
* [148]
* [149]
* [150]
* [151]
* octopus aquaculture
* [152]
* Aristotle
* commented on
* signalling
* Historia animalium
* when alarmed
* [153]
* Georges Cuvier
* [154]
* [155]
* Heinrich Müller
* Japetus Steenstrup
* [156]
* possibilities in biological research
* protocadherins
* [157]
* independently evolved
* intelligent extraterrestrials
* [158]
* public aquariums
* [159]
* experimental animals
* anesthesia
* Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986
* [160]
* [161]
* EU
* [162]
* robotics
* biomimicry
* [163]
* pneumatically
* silicone
* [164]