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CEPHALOPOD [1 record]

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Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
CONT

Cephalopod, any member of the class Cephalopoda of the phylum Mollusca, a small group of highly advanced and organized, exclusively marine animals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
DEF

Animal invertébré marin, de type mollusque mais généralement sans coquille externe, à bouche ventrale entourée de huit ou dix bras munis de ventouses et présentant une tête bien développée, pourvue de deux yeux semblables à ceux des vertébrés, dont plusieurs espèces sont dotées d'un grand pouvoir de mimétisme et peuvent émettre un liquide noirâtre afin de troubler l'eau pour se dérober à la vue de leurs prédateurs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Moluscos, equinodermos y procordados
DEF

Componente de la clase Cephalopoda de moluscos, que posee una corona de tentáculos musculosos cefálicos y una cabeza bien diferenciada.

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