Cirrina facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Cirrina |
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| Oral view of Cirrothauma murrayi showing single row of suckers and paired cirri | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Suborder: | Cirrina Grimpe, 1916 sensu Felley et al., 2001 |
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Opisthoteuthidae |
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Cirrina is one of the two suborders of octopus. Cirrina is also known as the finned, deep sea octopus. They have two fins on the head and a small internal shell. The paddle shaped fins help the Cirrina swim through the ocean.
See also
In Spanish: Cirrina para niños
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