HyperDic: subclass_dibranchia

English > 1 sense of the expression subclass Dibranchia:
NOUNanimalsubclass Dibranchia, Dibranchiata, subclass Dibranchiata, Dibranchiacomprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae
English > subclass Dibranchia: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningComprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish).
SynonymsDibranchiata, subclass Dibranchiata, Dibranchia
Member ofCephalopoda, class Cephalopodaoctopuses
MembersBelemnoidea, order BelemnoideaOrder of extinct dibranchiate cephalopods related to the surviving spirulas
Decapoda, order Decapodasquids and cuttlefishes
Octopoda, order Octopodaoctopuses and paper nautilus
Broaderclass(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
Spanishdibranquiados

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