Decapodiformes
Superorder of Cephalopoda / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Decapodiformes?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
Not to be confused with Decapoda.
Decapodiformes is a superorder of Cephalopoda comprising all cephalopod species with ten limbs, specifically 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.
Quick Facts Scientific classification, Orders ...
Decapodiformes | |
---|---|
Juvenile cephalopod from plankton, Antarctica | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
(unranked): | Neocoleoidea |
Superorder: | Decapodiformes Leach, 1817[2] |
Orders | |
See text | |
Synonyms | |
|
Close