What is the genus of octopus?
Q: What is the genus of octopus?
A: The genus of octopus is Octopoda.
Q: How many eyes do octopods have?
A: Octopods have two large eyes.
Q: What type of mouth do they have?
A: Octopods have a hard beak, with the mouth at the center point of the arms.
Q: How do octopods defend themselves against predators?
A: For defense against predators, octopods hide, flee quickly, expel ink, or use colour-changing camouflage.
Q: What type of prey do they hunt?
A: Octopods are intelligent predators with a taste for crabs.
Q: Are all octopus species venomous?
A: All octopod species are venomous, but only the small blue-ringed octopus is known to be deadly to humans.
Q: How many species of cephalopod molluscs are there in total?
A: There are about 300 cephalopod mollusc species in total, of which more than 100 are in the genus Octopus.
