Decapodiformes
| Decapodiformes | |
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| Juvenile cephalopod from plankton Antarctica |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| (unranked): | Neocoleoidea |
| Superorder: |
Decapodiformes Leach, 1817 |
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?†Boletzkyida
Sepiida
Sepiolida
Spirulida
Teuthida
Decapodiformes is a superorder of Cephalopoda, which includes all species with ten limbs; the name derives from the Greek word meaning ten feet. The ten limbs are divided into eight short arms and two long tentacles. It is hypothesized that the ancestral coleoid had five identical pairs of limbs, and that one branch of descendants evolved a modified arm pair IV to become the Decapodiformes, while another branch of descendants evolved and then eventually lost its arm pair II, becoming the Octopodiformes.
The Decapodiformes include:
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