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These suckers also contain an intricate sensory epithelium, enriched with chemotactile receptors. Much of the massive nervous system embedded in the octopus arm mediates control of the suckers. Each arm houses a large axial nerve cord (ANC), which features local enlargements corresponding to each sucker. There is also a sucker ganglion, a peripheral nervous element, situated in the stalk of every sucker. The structure and function of the sucker ganglion remains obscure. We examined the cellular organization and molecular composition of the sucker ganglion in\n                  <jats:italic>Octopus bimaculoides<\/jats:italic>\n                  . The sucker ganglion has an ellipsoid shape and features an unusual organization: the neuropil of the ganglion is distributed as a cap aborally (away from the sucker) and a small pocket orally (towards the sucker), with neuronal cell bodies concentrated in the space between. Using in situ hybridization, we detected positive expression of sensory (\n                  <jats:italic>PIEZO<\/jats:italic>\n                  ) and motor (\n                  <jats:italic>LHX3<\/jats:italic>\n                  and\n                  <jats:italic>MNX<\/jats:italic>\n                  ) neuron markers in the sucker ganglion cell bodies. Nerve fibers spread out from the sucker ganglion, targeting the surrounding sucker musculature and the oral roots extending to the ANC. 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