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For octopus and squid, the foot has been transformed into the tentacles. The octopus is to the rest of the mollusk world as humans are to some of our mammal cousins, such as the mouse.

Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Octipodidae) Octopus are one the most fascinating and intelligent of the invertebrates. Yet, little is known about their role in the deep sea, even ...

In March and April, the waters were nearly barren. By May, they swarmed with octopuses, only to fall quiet again over the ...

This location, dubbed “octopus garden,” is the largest known aggregation of these mollusks in the world, though it doesn’t attract much else of equal size.

Until now, it was assumed that the two mollusk groups with the most highly organized central nervous systems, the cephalopods (octopus, cuttlefish, squid) and the gastropods (snails and slugs ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Huffard, C. L. 2007. Four new species ...