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Is an octopus a echinoderm

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No an octopus is a mollusk, just like squids, clams, and oysters. Echinoderms are sea stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies, sand dollars, basket stars, brittle stars, and feather stars.

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No, it is a cephalopod mollusc of the order Octopoda.

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no. an octopus is a cephlopod. echinoders are animals like sea urchins

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