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Phylum Mollusca: Class Cephalopoda
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
10/29/2009

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Life?
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head-foot/head merges w/ foot; marine, pelagic; mobile carnivores; trend of internalization or loss of shell
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Early Life?
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early cephalopods: chambered external shell, now:nautilus: siphuncle-tissue w/blood vessels, replace fluid w/ gas to keep afloat
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Circulatory system?
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closed circulatory system; all blood in vessels, no hemocoels; crenidia, not ciliated (gills); efficient circulatory system
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Advanced nervous system?
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complex brain-remember and learn; camoflauge
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Vision?
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Excellent; advanced eyes similar to mammals; move lens back and fourth
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Reproduction?
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gonochoristic; copulate:modified arms transfer sperm packages(spermatophores) into mantle cavity of female
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Development?
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direct development of young in egg masses
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