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From: dd@a.UUCP (Dan Davison)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Octopus....fish, reptile or what?
Message-ID: <234@a.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 13-Jul-87 23:24:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: a.234
Posted: Mon Jul 13 23:24:00 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 15-Jul-87 02:21:34 EDT
References: <596@xn.LL.MIT.EDU>
Organization: Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, N.M.
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Summary: It's a 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 a highly developed mollusc, most closely related to the cuttlefish.

dan davison Theoretical Biology, Los Alamos National Lab
dd@lanl.gov
(formerly at U of Houston)