Image of Giant octopus
Description:
This view of a dissected E. dofleini shows the salivary glands. The salivary glands of many octopus secrete poison which can be excreted through the salivary papilla in the mouth and used to subdue prey.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Mollusca (molluscs)
- Cephalopoda (cephalopods)
- Coleoidea (coleoids)
- Octopodiformes
- Octopoda (devilfishes)
- Incirrata
- Octopodoidea
- Enteroctopodidae
- Enteroctopus (Giant octopus)
- Enteroctopus dofleini (Giant Pacific Octopus)
- Neocoleoidea
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