Octopus

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Octopus

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Octopoda

Size

Kusuka eka 1 cm kuya eka 4 m.

Nhlamuselo

Lexi i xihadyani lexingana miri wo vevuka swinene na mavoko ya nhungu lawa yanga mila ya rhandzela nhloko. Yiva na xiphemu xin’we kumbe swimbirhi eka mavoko hinkwawo. Nomo wutshame exikarhi ka mavoko yalawa lowu nga tlhela wu leha swinene. Yiva na matihlo ya mbirhi lawa ya kulu.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu lowu wa Octopoda wu wela ehansi ka ntlawa wa Cephalopoda lowu katsaka Cuttlefish, squid nati nautilus. Yikota ku tumbela kahle swinene. Yikota kuva yi cinca muhlovo wa nhlonge yayona hi xipidi. Ti octopus totala tina timbilu tinharhu. Yikota kuhlambela hikuva yi nghenisa mati laha ka ti gills ta yona. Yiti sirhelela hikuva yi humesa mati yokarhi emirini wa yona. Yiti andzisa hikuva yitshikela matandza lawa leyi ya xisati yiwa hlayisaka ku kondza loko ya tlhotlhoriwa. Endzaku ko tlhotlhoriwa leya xisati ya fa.

Swakudya

Yi hanya hikuva yidya tihlampfi, crustaceans na molluscs.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka malwandle hinkwawo kusuka e Tropical kuya e Arctic.

Common Species

Giant Pacific octopus
Enteroctopus dofleini
Marbled octopus
Octopus aegina
Red octopus
Octopus cyanea