Taxa

Cephalopoda

Class

Citation Formats

General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Cephalopoda." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/class-cephalopoda.

APA Style

Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Cephalopoda. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/class-cephalopoda

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-cephalopoda,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Cephalopoda},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/class-cephalopoda},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

Octopuses, squid, cuttlefish and the chambered nautilus: exclusively marine, predatory mollusks with a ring of arms or tentacles around the head, highly developed eyes, and, in octopuses and squid especially, the most sophisticated nervous systems and problem-solving abilities known among invertebrates.

Facts

Disputed

Member Species/Taxa Count

800 1

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Taxonomic Rank

Class 1

Scientific Name

Cephalopoda 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Child Taxon Of

Mollusca

Source Catalogue of Life

Sources

1. Catalogue of Life

Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeView the Source

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