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Scientific Name: Cistopus indicus (Rapp [in A. Férussac & d’Orbigny], 1835)
English Name: Old-woman octopus
Local/Bangla Name: Octopus (অক্টোপাস)
Photo: Biju Kumar (2015)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Description:
It has water pouches. Arm formula of I.II.III.IV. Male has a rudimentary ligula without a calamus. There is little apparent skin sculpture in this species.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Siddiqui KU, Islam MA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M, Rahman MM (2007) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 17. Molluscs. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 415 pp.
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