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Octopodidae

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Octopodidae [äk·tə′päd·ə‚dē]
(invertebrate zoology)
The octopuses, in family of cephalopod mollusks in the order Octopoda.


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It belongs to the class Cephalopoda, Octopoda, Octopodidae and Genus Octopus.
AN USA Suborder INCIRRATA Family Octopodidae Octopus ocellatus Gray, 1849 ZH East China Sea O.
The diet of lancetfish consists of pelagic crustaceans (Hyperiidae, Portunidae, Amphipoda), cephalopods of the families Onychoteuthidae, some Ommastrephidae (Ornithoteuthis volatilis), Cirroteuthidae, Octopodidae, Argonautidae, Cranchiidae, Histioteuthidae, Bathyteuthidae, and mesopelagic fishes (Sternoptyx diaphana, Paralepis elongata, Omosudis lowei, A.
 
 
 
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