Coleoids [Coleoidea]

Description

Coleoids include highly mobile, intelligent cephalopods such as octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish. Underwater, divers may see them cruising with quick bursts of jet propulsion, changing color and texture for camouflage, or investigating the reef with curious arms and tentacles.

Families

Squids & cuttlefish (decapodiform cephalopods)

Decapodiformes

Octopuses & related cephalopods

Octopodiformes

Taxonomy