Daily Cephalopods

(Not actually daily.) Cephalopod appreciation blog. The Squid will outlive all of us.

[Daily Cephalopods @DailyCPods]

Before I go though, i'd like to give a shoutout to @CephalopodToday for posting daily cephalopods, so if someone is still somehow following this account and NOT them, change that!

[Daily Cephalopods @DailyCPods]

Ok so obvious things first, I dont use this account anymore lol

I considered deleting it as I'm planning on leaving the site as a whole, but I've decided to leave it up so peeps can keep looking at the squid image :3

[Jesse Kelly @jestkelly]

Back to our usual programming:

Subadult Thysanoteuthis sp., PIC 1312 from @Scripps_Ocean, ML 242 mm, Indonesia.

Long triangular fins attached to sides of mantle, arms with extensive trabecular protective membranes, terminal pad suckers.

#MolluscMonday #MolluskMonday #squid

[Monterey Bay Aquarium @MontereyAq]

We aren’t squidding when we say that cephalopods are clearly radula! 🦑A bigfin reef squid’s mantle, arms, and tentacles are so transparent that you can actually see parts of its anatomy.

[ALCES (AUT Squid Squad) @ALCESonline]

Big bobbly suckers on the tentacle club of Ornithoteuthis volatilis (name translates as the 'swift bird squid')

[ALCES (AUT Squid Squad) @ALCESonline]

Another look at the claws and 'toe beans' (cluster of carpal suckers) on a hooked glass squid, Galiteuthis

[ALCES (AUT Squid Squad) @ALCESonline]

@SarahMackAttack Closer look

[ALCES (AUT Squid Squad) @ALCESonline]

Serious tentacle club hooks on this 'glass' squid (cranchiid), Galiteuthis

[ALCES (AUT Squid Squad) @ALCESonline]

Packing up some loan specimens and paused to admire the hefty suckers on this Todarodes. I prefer my tentacle clubs with hooks but if you're stuck with plain old suckers, these are a respectable effort.

[Schmidt Ocean @SchmidtOcean]

Squids' arms are different than their tentacles: arms have suckers along most of their length, while tentacles have suckers only near their ends (often called "tentacular clubs"). Most squid capture prey by extending two tentacles swiftly in front of them...
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[NOAA Ocean Exploration @oceanexplorer]

On this #OctopusFriday, take a moment to enjoy these octopods encountered during the #Okeanos 2019 Southeastern U.S. Deep-sea Exploration to explore deepwater areas off the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, & Florida.

[More octopus images: https://t.co/sSzxd3P0e3]

[みさきのうみしだ @Crinoidea_hk]

先日搬入された相模湾産のユウレイイカ Chiroteuthis picteti Joubin, 1894 の動画です。短時間ですが、生きている個体を観察する事ができました。

[MBARI @MBARI_News]

Chiroteuthis calyx is known as the swordtail squid because juveniles of the species have ornate tails as long as their bodies. As adults, the squids develop long feeding tentacles tipped with glowing lures. This individual was filmed on the move at 497 meters (1,630 feet) deep.

[あらかわちゃんねる @turisaitama]

幻の深海イカ　トウガタイカ
詳しい生態は一切不明

[銀鏡つかさ［別館］ @tsukarium_sub]

写真じゃ伝わりにくいけどめちゃめちゃ大きかったアオリイカ
これは求愛中かな？

[アル @ALGA_RIUM]

威嚇行動（求愛行動？）ですっごい色を見せるバンダコウイカ。（パンダじゃないです）
#宮島水族館（#みやじマリン）、イカタコ展示がめちゃくちゃ充実してました！

[プリオサウルス(恒点観測員360号) @Slyp9GD8aabtzMD]

謎イカ。細くなる。

[Keishu Asada @CephWarden]

The always hypnotic paintpot (flamboyant) cuttlefish, Metasepia tullbergi.
It can command a diver to do anything except go away.

[みさきのうみしだ @Crinoidea_hk]

先日搬入された相模湾産のユウレイイカ Chiroteuthis picteti Joubin, 1894 です。透明で細長い姿が特徴的なツツイカ目に属するイカです。眼の周りや触腕など多くの場所に発光器を備えています。生きている本種は、特に美しいです。

[Daily Cephalopods @DailyCPods]

not a cephalopod but this is the best thing ever