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MeSH Heading: Octopodiformes
Tree Number(s): B01.050.500.644.116.600
Unique ID: D049831
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D049831
Annotation: OCTOPUS as animal and food
Scope Note: A superorder in the class CEPHALOPODA, consisting of the orders Octopoda (octopus) with over 200 species and Vampyromorpha with a single species. The latter is a phylogenetic relic but holds the key to the origins of Octopoda.
Entry Term(s): Octopoda; Octopus; Octopuses
Registry Numbers: txid215451; txid6638
Related Numbers: txid6638
Previous Indexing: Mollusca (1965-1972); Octopus (1972-2005)
Public MeSH Note: 2006; for OCTOPODA see OCTOPUS 1973-2005
History Note: 2006
Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: anatomy & histology (AH)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Octopodiformes MeSH Descriptor Data 2024