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Class Cephalopoda the squids, octopus, nautilus, and cuttlefish Richard E. Young, Michael Vecchione and Katharina M. Mangold.

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1 Class Cephalopoda the squids, octopus, nautilus, and cuttlefish Richard E. Young, Michael Vecchione and Katharina M. Mangold

2 Class Cephalopoda shell is present, reduced, or lost all are predacious with beak-like jaws highly developed head and sensory organs (very intelligent) closed circulatory system swim via jet propulsion foot is lobed and forms tentacles direct development (no larvae)

3 Class Cephalopoda male transfers a spermatophore to female using a special pair of tentacles female seals herself up in a den to lay eggs which she attaches to the top of the den she cares for these eggs (in some species up to 6.5months) after the eggs hatch she usually dies Reproduction

4 Class Cephalopoda Nautilus: have a chambered shell that aids in maintaining buoyancy chambers are filled with gas siphuncle (cord of tissue connected to visceral mass) chambers

5 Ammonoids

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10 Class Cephalopoda Squids: have a reduced, internal shell called the pen Cuttlefish: have a reduced, internal shell called a cuttlefish bone

11 Reduced, internal shell

12 Bioluminescence

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15 Class Cephalopoda Architeuthis sp. the second largest giant squid found to date have been 18 meters in length they live in the deep sea sperm whales (~20m in length) are their major predators

16 Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni Colossal Squid

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18 Robust clubhook squid Moroteuthis robusta

19 Jumbo Flying Squid Dosidicus gigas

20 Calamary

21 Class Cephalopoda Octopus: have lost the shell completely most intelligent invertebrate

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26 Giant Pacific Octopus Octopus dofleini This species is one of the largest known octopods; the heaviest on record weighed nearly 600 pounds.

27 Giant Pacific Octopus Octopus dofleini

28 Deadly venom and warning coloration The Blue-ring Octopus Hapalochlaena maculosa It kills prey by delivering a poison in the saliva. The poison is a neurotoxin (maculotoxin) that is strong enough to kill a human being.

29 The recently discovered mimic octopus (Octopus horridus).

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31 Argonauta nodosa The paper nautilus The paper nautiluses, Argonauta sp., are not nautiluses at all, they are octopuses! The paper thin white calcareous 'shell' is actually an egg case made by females.


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