Skin of Octopus

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Junior Research Fellow, The D.G.Ruparel College, Mumbai.

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Chromatophores are organs that are present in the skin of many cephalopods, such as squids, cuttlefish, and octopuses, which contain pigment sacs that become more visible as small radial muscles pull the sac open making the pigment expand under the skin.

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