ringed octopus

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ringed octopus

a venomous mollusc of the order Octopoda with eight tentacles, blue rings around them and a beak which inflicts a bite and provides for the injection of a potent neurotoxin from the salivary glands. Death is due to respiratory failure. Called also Hapalochlaena maculosa.

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