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Cephalopods
URL: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Invertebrates/Facts/cephalopods/

Description:
Series of fact sheets on this class of invertebrates that includes over 700 species "divided into the subclasses Coleoidea (cuttlefish, squid, and octopus) and Nautiloidea (nautiluses)." Provides a general overview of cephalopods, and more detailed information about the chambered nautilus, the giant Pacific octopus, and the Humboldt (jumbo) squid. From the Smithsonian National Zoological Park.

Publisher:
Smithsonian National Zoological Park

LII Database Information:
Record 23986 created by Jennifer English on 06/11/2007
Last modification on 06/14/2007
Published: 06/14/2007  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23986