Cephalopods encyclopedia

One Animalpedia species classified as cephalopods: characteristics, diet, habitat, behaviour and conservation status.

Cephalopods are marine molluscs whose head is surrounded by arms or tentacles bearing suckers. They have no external shell, except the nautilus, and move by expelling water through a siphon. Renowned for their eyesight and intelligence, they include the octopus, the cuttlefish and the squid.

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Chondrichthyans 5 Sarcopterygians (Flesh-finned fish) 1 Actinistians (Sarcopterygians) 1 Bony fish (Actinopterygians) 1 Fish (Actinopterygians) 15 Actinopterygians 17 Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) 1 Chondrichthyans 8 Cephalopods 1 Molluscs 1 Mammals 168 Birds 114 Reptiles 51 Amphibians 7 Fish 27 Insects 46 Arachnids 3 Crustaceans 1

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Forest Farmland & grasslands Wetlands Steppe Mountain Urban environment Rivers & lakes Coastline Tropical forest Ocean & sea Savanna Desert

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Not evaluated Least concern Endangered Data deficient Near threatened Vulnerable Critically endangered Extinct in the wild

REGION

Present in Tunisia

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Day octopus

Octopus cyanea

Data deficient Ocean & sea

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