Coverage includes fully labelled illustrations of central nervous systems of more than 50 cephalopods, fully labelled illustrations of the sense organs, life histories and reproductive habits of many cephalopods, illustrations of many morphological features, systematic survey of the families of the class.
1. Introduction; 2. The Central Nervous System and Sensory Systems: an outline; 3. Nautilidae; 4. Spirulidae; 5. Sepiidae; 6. Sepiolidae; 7. Idiosepiidae; 8. Pickfordiateuthidae and Loliginidae; 9. Ctenopterygidae; 10. Enoploteuthid group; 11. Neoteuthidae; 12. Lycoteuthidae; 13. Histioteuthidae; 14. Bathyteuthidae; 15. Architeuthidae; 16. Ommastrephidae; 17. Onychoteuthidae; 18. Gonatidae; 19. Brachioteuthidae; 20. Lepidoteuthidae and Pholidoteuthidae; 21. Octopoteuthidae; 22. Thysanoteuthidae; 23. Cycloteuthidae; 24. The 'Chiroteuthid Lineage'; 25. Cranchiidae; 26. Vampyroteuthidae; 27. The Cirroctopodida; 28. Amphitretidae; 29. Bolitaenidae; 30. Vitreledonellidae; 31. Octopodidae; 32. Tremoctopodidae; 33. Argonautidae; 34. Alloposidae; 35. Ocythoidae; Appendix; References