| Dutton and Todd observed that the larval stage is undergone in the egg and that the first free stage is that of the octopod nymph. |
| This is a scientific term derived by making an English plural from octopod, which is the bare stem of the Greek word, not its singular. |
| The octopod can develop a papillate skin that stiffens for a short period and mimics various structures as a camouflage within its surrounding. |
| These included the superorders Octopodiformes and Decapodiformes, the order Octopoda, the octopod suborder Incirrata, and the teuthoid suborder Myopsida. |
| A guess is that octopod is a backformation from the neuter plural octopoda, the name of the order containing octopuses. |
| For both decapod and octopod suckers, the maximum pressure differentials show a significant inverse correlation with sucker size. |
