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 CEPHALOPODA - LoveToKnow Article on CEPHALOPODA
The Cephalopoda are mainly characterized by the con.crescence of the foot and head.
The shell is usually light in substance or lightened by air-chambers in correlation with the free-swimming habits of the Cephalopoda.
The genital aperture and duct is sometimes single, when it is the left; sometimes the typical pair is developed right and left of the anus.
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/C/CE/CEPHALOPODA.htm   (16353 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 and teuthologists are the scientists who study them.
Internal shells still exist in many non-shelled living cephalopod groups but most truly shelled cephalopods, such as the ammonites, became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalopod   (691 words)

  
 Palaeos Invertebrates: Mollusca: Cephalopoda: The Cephalopods
The name Cephalopoda literally means "head feet" and refers to the fact that these animals have a foot (actually a cluster of tentacles) directly abutting their head.
The problems of characterizing higher taxonomic units in the Cephalopoda
The class Cephalopoda has been traditionally divided into three subclasses on the basis of shell structure, or two subclasses on the basis of gills and other soft parts.
http://www.palaeos.com/Invertebrates/Molluscs/Cephalopoda/Cephalopoda.htm   (1559 words)

  
 Cephalopoda Glossary
Molluscan foot - A major structure in molluscan morphology.
Systematics - The classification of organisms into hierarchial groups based on phylogenetic relationships.
The Cephalopoda is a class within the Mollusca
http://tolweb.org/notes/?note_id=587   (8000 words)

  
 Cephalopoda Description
is the organ the cephalopoda uses for locomotion.
The most common modern cephalopoda are the nautilus, cuttlefish, squid, and octopus which all contain a prominent head wtih tentacles and a beak-like mouth, a pair of complex, highly developed eyes, and sometimes a posterior shell is present.
In most cephalopda there are 4 gills, but 2 is more common in modern cephalopoda.
http://www.earth.rochester.edu/ees207/Cephalopoda/hardman_ceph2.html   (403 words)

  
 The Cephalopod Page; Octopuses, Squid, Cuttlefish, and Nautilus
Octopuses, squids, cuttlefish and the chambered nautilus belong to class Cephalopoda, which means 'head foot'.
Cephalopods, the group in which scientists classify octopuses, squid, cuttlefish and nautiluses can do all these things and more.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/tcp   (507 words)

  
 paulcatanese.com Artwork
This work explores the murky subject of immunology and structural medicine of the class Cephalopoda within the phylum Mollusca through a collection of illustrations depicting their knowledge.
In completion of a residency awarded through the 2004 artist fellowship program at the Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, California I created three digital Cornell boxes for the Gameboy Advance: Medicinal Craft of Cephalopods is one of these pieces.
In completion of a residency awarded through the 2004 artist fellowship program at the Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, California I created three digital Cornell boxes for the Gameboy Advance: Recollections of a Somnambulist is one of these pieces.
http://www.paulcatanese.com/artwork.html   (695 words)

  
 cephalopod. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
The class as a whole has become adapted for a free-swimming existence.
), member of the class Cephalopoda, the most highly organized group of mollusks (phylum Mollusca), and including the squids, octopuses, cuttlefish, and nautiluses.
The nautiloid group was dominant through Paleozoic times, and the ammonites flourished in the Mesozoic era.
http://www.bartleby.com/65/ce/cephalop.html   (273 words)

  
 Cephalopoda Classification
The common Cephalopoda of today, which include squids, octopuses, and cuttlefish.
They are the probable ancestor to other cephalopoda.
They have either internal shells or no shell at all.
http://www.earth.rochester.edu/ees207/Cephalopoda/hardman_ceph3.html   (442 words)

  
 Cephalopoda
Cephalopods are built for speed, which is necessary for their carnivorous diet.
The class cephalopoda includes squids, octopuses, and nautiluses.
http://www.jayarams.com/mollusca/cep.html   (87 words)

  
 Wildlife of Sydney - Octopus, squid and cuttlefish - Cephalopoda
Cephalopod literally means 'head foot' and members of this group, including octopuses, cuttlefishes, squids and nautiluses, have their foot or tentacles connected to their head, not their body.
Octopuses have no shell at all, while cuttlefishes have an internal shell and squids have the horny remains of a shell.
Wildlife of Sydney - Octopus, squid and cuttlefish - Cephalopoda
http://faunanet.gov.au/wos/group.cfm?Group_ID=9   (141 words)

  
 Cephalopoda - definition of Cephalopoda by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
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Cephalopoda - definition of Cephalopoda by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Cephalopoda   (123 words)

  
 Mollusca: Class Cephalopoda
Related content from HighBeam Research on: Mollusca: Class Cephalopoda
Population dynamics and stock assessment for Octopus maya (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) fishery in the Campeche Bank, Gulf of Mexico.
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0859725.html   (268 words)

  
 Links SQL: Biological Science/Plants Animals and The Environment/Zoology/Class Cephalopoda
Terrific photos of external and internal organs (loads slowly); some pictures are labeled, others are not.
Home : Biological Science : Plants Animals and The Environment : Zoology : Class Cephalopoda
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http://www.mhhe.com/links/1253/1249/1178/790   (101 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Europe
Photomontage of plankton organisms Plankton is the aggregate community of weakly swimming but mostly drifting small organisms that inhabit the water column of the ocean, seas, and bodies of freshwater.
Classes Asteroidea Concentricycloidea Crinoidea Echinoidea Holothuroidea Ophiuroidea Echinoderms (Echinodermata) is a phylum of marine animals found in the ocean at all depths.
Classes Caudofoveata Aplacophora Polyplacophora - Chitons Monoplacophora Bivalvia - Bivalves Scaphopoda - Tusk shells Gastropoda - Snails and Slugs Cephalopoda - Squids, Octopuses, etc....
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Europe   (9901 words)

  
 Cephalopoda: Molluscs
Cephalopoda - Introduction, Characteristics, Classification, References, Information on the Internet.
Cephalopod Page - Introduction to Cephalopods, Cephalopod Species, Information, and Photographs, CephBase Scientific cephalopod database by Wood, Day and O'Dor, Sources of Live Cephalopods, What's New, Cephalopod Links, The Cephalopod Page F.A.Q. CephBase - Database on cephalopods (octopus, squid, cuttlefish and nautilus) taxonomy and life history.
Home > Links > Chemistry and Biology > Zoology > Metazoa > Invertebrata > Molluscs > Cephalopoda
http://www.infochembio.ethz.ch/links/en/zool_weicht_tintenfische.html   (183 words)

  
 Jurassic ammonites and fossil brachiopoda
More about Cephalopoda in the Introduction so as in Myths and Legends.
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jean-ours.filippi/anglais   (37 words)

  
 Ed Rogers Rare & Out of Print Books - Rare Paleontology Books
Systematic study of the stratigraphy and invertebrate fossils including the Brachiopoda, Mollusca (Gastropoda and Cephalopoda), and Arthropoda (Crustacea, Trilobita).
and Revision of the Generic Classification of the Family Echioceratidae (Cephalopoda, Ammonoidea) (Lower Jurassic).
Also included is a list and discussion of localities.
http://www.geology-books.com/paleoak.html   (9732 words)

  
 cephalopoda - StormingMedia
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Experiments on Coupled Josephson Junction Devices Date: 15 JUL 2003
Click on the titles below to find US government reports identified by the key word or phrase CEPHALOPODA
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lebanon
The first stratum, consisting of a layer of limestone (Araya limestone), about 980 feet in thickness, is sparingly strewn with fossils (cidaris glandaria, corals and sponges), and belongs to the Cenoman, earliest of the Upper Jura.
Above it lies a richly fossilized composite (Cephalopoda) of sandstone, from 650 to 1630 feet in thickness, and clay marl divided by layers of chalky deposit (Trigonia or Nubian sandstone) from the Cenoman.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09104a.htm   (1510 words)

  
 Mollusca -> Class Cephalopoda on Encyclopedia.com 2002
Morphometric analysis of male reproductive features of Octopodids (mollusca: cephalopoda).
Crecimiento del pulpo Octopus maya (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) de la costa de Yucatan, Mexico: un analisis de largo plazo.
Bioluminescence in the Deep-Sea Cirrate Octopod Stauroteuthis syrtensis Verrill (Mollusca: Cephalopoda).
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/Mollusca_ClassCephalopoda.asp   (548 words)

  
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Nudibranch Dredge Pale form David Muirhead 2004 Mollusca Cephalopoda Sepioidea Sepiidae Sepia apama Giant Cuttlefish Threat pose David Muirhead 2005 Mollusca Cephalopoda Sepioidea Sepiidae Sepia Sp.
No Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Common Name Location Comments Photographer 2001 Mollusca Gastropoda Nudibranchia Chromodorididae Chromodoris tinctoria Nudibranch Port Noarlunga David Muirhead 2002 Mollusca Cephalopoda Teuthoidea Loligidae Squid Barge David Muirhead 2003 Mollusca Gastropoda Nudibranchia Dorididae Aphelodoris lawsae?
Helmet Shell David Muirhead 2017 Mollusca Gastropoda Nudibranchia Dorididae Aphelodoris lawsae Nudibranch David Muirhead 2018 Mollusca Gastropoda Nudibranchia Nudibranch egg ribbon David Muirhead 2019 Mollusca Cephalopoda Teuthoidea Loligidae Squid eggs David Muirhead 2020 Mollusca Gastropoda Nudibranchia Gastropteridae Sagminopteron Sp.
http://www.mlssa.asn.au/photos/invertebrates_old2.txt   (668 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Mollusca : Class Cephalopoda (Zoology: Invertebrates) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Mollusca : Class Cephalopoda (Zoology: Invertebrates) - Encyclopedia
http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/M/Mollusca-class-cephalopoda.html   (265 words)

  
 New Books
Shell in Vampyropoda (Cephalopoda): Morphology, Functional Role & Evolution
http://www.coronetbooks.com/new.html   (6671 words)

  
 Man and Mollusc - Cephalopoda (Squid and octopi) - Phylum Mollusca.
I'm here to tell you about my distinguished Class of molluscs.
Taxonomy of the Phylum Mollusca Voyages of the H.M. Bark Endeavour and its Replica
Man and Mollusc - Cephalopoda (Squid and octopi) - Phylum Mollusca.
http://www.manandmollusc.net/beginners_intro/cephalopoda.html   (727 words)

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