The buccal mass of Eledone cirrhosa

Eledone cirrhosa is a small octopus found in the northeast Atlantic. The buccal mass is the total of the mouth and its muscles

References

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3.Ikica, Zdravko, et al. “Analysis of beak morphometry of the horned octopus Eledone cirrhosa, Lamarck 1798 (Cephalopoda: Octopoda), in the south-eastern Adriatic Sea.” Acta Adriatica 55.1 (2014): 43-56.