Hectocotylus

A hectocotylus is a modified arm used to by male cephalopods to put sperm on females.

Hectocotylus Media

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  Georges Cuvier's original illustration of an octopus hectocotylus. Mistaking it for its own separate organism, he named it Hectocotyle octopodis.

• Abraliopsis morisi hectocotylus-English.jpg

  Abraliopsis morisi hectocotylus

• Argonauta bottgeri hectocotylus-2.jpg

  Argonauta bottgeri hectocotylus-2

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  Hectocotyle by Georges cuvier. The name "hectocotylus" was devised by Georges Cuvier, who first found one embedded in the mantle of a female argonaut; supposing it to be a parasitic worm, Cuvier gave it a generic name.

• Bathypolypus arcticus hectocotylus-2.jpg

  Bathypolypus arcticus hectocotylus-2

• Graneledone verrucosa hectocotylus

• Haliphron atlanticus hectocotylus.jpg

  Haliphron atlanticus hectocotylus

• Ocythoe tuberculata hectocotylus.jpg

  Ocythoe tuberculata hectocotylus

• Scaeurgus patagiatus hectocotylus-2.jpg

  Scaeurgus patagiatus hectocotylus-2

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  Tremoctopus violaceus