Cirrina
| Cirrina | |
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| File:Cirrothauma murrayi2.jpg | |
| Oral view of Cirrothauma murrayi showing single row of suckers and paired cirri | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Suborder: | Cirrina Grimpe, 1916 sensu Felley et al., 2001 |
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Opisthoteuthidae | |
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Cirrina is one of the two suborders of octopus. Cirrina is also known as the finned, deep sea octopus. They have two fins on the head and a small internal shell. The paddle shaped fins help the Cirrina swim through the ocean.[1]
References[change]
- ↑ Boyle, P.R. and Paul Rodhouse (2012). Cephalopods: ecology and fisheries. ISBN 9781405145435. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
