Meaning | Comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish). |
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Synonyms | Dibranchiata, Dibranchia, subclass Dibranchia |
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Member of | Cephalopoda, class Cephalopoda | octopuses |
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Members | Belemnoidea, order Belemnoidea | Order of extinct dibranchiate cephalopods related to the surviving spirulas |
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Decapoda, order Decapoda | squids and cuttlefishes |
Octopoda, order Octopoda | octopuses and paper nautilus |
Broader | class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
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Spanish | dibranquiados |
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