HyperDic: subclass_dibranchiata

English > 1 sense of the expression subclass Dibranchiata:
NOUNanimalsubclass Dibranchiata, Dibranchiata, Dibranchia, subclass Dibranchiacomprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae
English > subclass Dibranchiata: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningComprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish).
SynonymsDibranchiata, Dibranchia, subclass 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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