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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...

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• iNat taxon page
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• California Academy of Sciences
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• iNaturalist Cephalopod Working Group
• World Register of Marine Species

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