palaeopedia: “ The Pacific bigfin Squid, Magnapinna pacifica (1998) Phylum : Mollusca Class : Cephalopoda Order : Teuthida Suborder : Oegopsina Family : Magnapinnidae Genus : Magnapinna Species : M. pacifica • Status deficient • 6 m long (size) •...
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palaeopedia:

The Pacific bigfin Squid, Magnapinna pacifica (1998)

Phylum : Mollusca
Class : Cephalopoda
Order : Teuthida
Suborder : Oegopsina
Family : Magnapinnidae
Genus : Magnapinna
Species : M. pacifica

  • Status deficient
  • 6 m long (size)
  • Northern Pacific ocean (map)

Magnapinna pacifica is a species of bigfin squid known only from three immature specimens; two caught at a depth of less than 300 m and one from a fish stomach. M. pacifica is the type species of the genus Magnapinna. It is characterised primarily by its proximal tentacles, which are wider than adjacent arms and bear numerous suckers.

(via nevertoomanyspiders)

Source: palaeopedia

heevis-aquarium:

FEEDING! The chambered Nautilus is a mollusk, related to the octopus, squid, clam and snail. A nautilus, along with the cuttlefish, squid, and octopus, are all cephalopods, meaning “head-foot,” so named because the feet (tentacles) are attached to the head.
The nautilus is the only cephalopod that has a fully developed shell for protection. The nautilus has more than 90 suckerless tentacles. Grooves and ridges on the tentacles are used to grip prey and deliver food to a crushing, parrot-like beak. Most of the time the Nautilus is in stock in the #Heevis Store in Eindhoven.

montereybayaquarium: “ Greetings from the newest addition to our Tentacles exhibit—a cadre of juvenile stumpy-spined cuttlefish! These youngsters will grow into small but mighty hunters that blend in with their environment to ambush prey. The...
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montereybayaquarium:

Greetings from the newest addition to our Tentacles exhibit—a cadre of juvenile stumpy-spined cuttlefish! These youngsters will grow into small but mighty hunters that blend in with their environment to ambush prey.

The “stumpies”—like most cuttlefish on exhibit—are cultivated right here at the Aquarium, reducing the need to collect in the wild.

(via ilovecephalopods)

Source: montereybayaquarium