Kapal
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Kapal is a monotypic genus of shelled octopods
comprising the species Kapal batavus.
K. batavus was described in 1930 based on fossil material from Lower Palembang
shales of Sumatra
. The eggcase of this species is considerably more evolute than that of Argonauta, possessing an open umbilical region
, and seems to lack the nodes present in members of that genus.
Octopus
The octopus is a cephalopod mollusc of the order Octopoda. Octopuses have two eyes and four pairs of arms, and like other cephalopods they are bilaterally symmetric. An octopus has a hard beak, with its mouth at the center point of the arms...
comprising the species Kapal batavus.
K. batavus was described in 1930 based on fossil material from Lower Palembang
Palembang
Palembang is the capital city of the South Sumatra province in Indonesia. Palembang is one of the oldest cities in Indonesia, and has a history of being a capital of a maritime empire. Located on the Musi River banks on the east coast of southern Sumatra island, it has an area of 400.61 square...
shales of Sumatra
Sumatra
Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538...
. The eggcase of this species is considerably more evolute than that of Argonauta, possessing an open umbilical region
Umbilicus (mollusk)
The umbilicus of a shell is the axially aligned, hollow cone-shaped space within the whorls of a coiled mollusc shell. The term umbilicus is often used in descriptions of gastropod shells, i.e...
, and seems to lack the nodes present in members of that genus.