Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!uw-june!uw-entropy!felsenst From: felsenst@entropy.ms.washington.edu (Joe Felsenstein) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Re: Octopus....fish, reptile or what? Message-ID: <623@entropy.ms.washington.edu> Date: Tue, 14-Jul-87 00:16:53 EDT Article-I.D.: entropy.623 Posted: Tue Jul 14 00:16:53 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Jul-87 03:39:54 EDT References: <596@xn.LL.MIT.EDU> Reply-To: uw-entropy!uw-evolution!joe@uw-beaver.UUCP (Joe Felsenstein) Distribution: world Organization: UW Dept Genetics, Seattle Lines: 13 Keywords: squid, scallop, clam, oyster, snail, slug, chiton Summary: Mollusc! In article <596@xn.LL.MIT.EDU> avi@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (Avi Weiss) writes: >I was wondering whether an octopus is a fish or a reptile? Or prehaps >some other class? Correct answers would be most appreciated!! It's in the Phylum Mollusca, a relative of clams, snails, etc. Fish and reptiles are in the Phylum Chordata together with us and a few others. The correct plural of "octopus" in Greek is, I am told, "octopodes". Now for the really interesting question: what is the butterfly: is it a bird or a bat? ;-) Joe Felsenstein, Dept. of Genetics, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 ... uw-beaver!uw-entropy!uw-evolution!joe