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Cephalopod literally means “head-footed” which accurately describes everyone in the class as having a head that connects directly to their limbs with little space between. Cephalopods are thought to have appeared around 600 million years ago and since that time octopuses have managed to evolve into the most complex of them all. The earliest identified octopus fossil is Pohlsepia, which swam the oceans 296 million years ago.
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- March 3, 2020
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- Thomas Valenzuela
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Octopus Anatomy - Octopus Facts and Information (Reference Material)
