Science and Physiology

TONMO.com offers a wealth of articles and scientific papers on cephalopods, squid and octopus. Note that some of these articles are in .pdf format, and require the Adobe reader to view it.


Giant Squid and Colossal Squid Fact Sheet -- by Dr. Steve O'Shea and Dr. Kat Bolstad


Deep-Sea Cephalopods: An Introduction and Overview -- by Dr. Kat Bolstad


The deep-sea finned Octopoda of New Zealand -- by Dr. Steve O'Shea


Architeuthis (giant squid) Reproduction -- by Dr. Steve O'Shea


Gut contents of a giant squid Architeuthis dux (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida) from New Zealand waters -- by Dr. Steve O'Shea and Dr. Kat Bolstad


Architeuthis (giant squid) Distribution Map -- by Dr. Steve O'Shea


Estimating age and growth rate in Architeuthis dux -- by Dr. Steve O'Shea


(.mht file) - (2 meg .ppt file also available) -- by Jean McKinnon


Architeuthis (giant squid) Buoyancy and Feeding -- by Dr. Steve O'Shea


Unique hooks in the male scaled squid Lepidoteuthis grimaldii Joubin, 1895 -- by Dr. Steve O'Shea


First records of egg masses of Nototodarus gouldi McCoy, 1888 (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae), with comments on egg-mass susceptibility to damage by fisheries trawl -- by Dr. Steve O'Shea and Dr. Kat Bolstad


Fixation-induced artefacts in octopus - pdf file -- by Dr. Steve O'Shea


Large Squid Fixing and Preservation Notes -- by Dr. Steve O'Shea


A Guide to Frequently Used Characters, States and Measures -- by Dr. Steve O'Shea


Haliphron atlanticus (giant gelatenous octopus) Manuscript -- by Dr. Steve O'Shea


A study of the Comparative Morphology of Cephalopod Armature -- by Graeme Walla


Pholidoteuthis massyae - pdf file -- by O'Shea - Jackson - Bolstad


Stomach contents of long-finned pilot whales - 1 - pdf file -- by Beatson - O'Shea - Ogle


Stomach contents of long-finned pilot whales - 2 - pdf file -- by Beatson - O'Shea - Stone - Shortland


Occurance of squid in the diet of orange roughy - pdf file -- by Matt Jones (Infusoria)


I Belong in a Museum -- by Dr. Kat Bolstad (Tintenfisch)


Abdopus abaculus sequence photos -- by Dr. Roy Caldwell