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I have seen octopuses, octopi and octopodes, but never “octopoda.” I think any one of the first three would have been more correct than the last :) EDIT: I’m t
by jonathanyc 8y ago
I have seen octopuses, octopi and octopodes, but never “octopoda.” I think any one of the first three would have been more correct than the last :)
EDIT: I’m the dunce, turns out octopoda is the scientific name. TIL! Guess I was thrown off by the plural “aliens.”
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoIts Greek, right? That sounds like octopuses should be the normal plural. Anyway, octopoda is the biological classification order that the octopus belongs to. So its a little iffy if the 'might be' is appropriate. Maybe "Octopoda are Aliens" would work better? Or "Octopoda is alien"?
- johnhenry 8y agoOur current system of taxonomy assumes common ancestry. So, technically, if octopuses do descend from from aliens, the classification "Octopoda" is itself erroneous.
- sgt101 8y agoI think that Octopoda is the scientific name for the genre, but actually it would be better to say Cephalopod.