I posted this on the octopuses den, but I think that might have been the wrong message board for a question like this.

I was wondering how easy it is to get ahold of a specimen of a bobtail squid (E. scolopes). Can you find a whole bobtail squid in a market in Hawaii? Or would you have to collect them yourself if you were interested in them. I'm doing a study for my microbiology class, and intend to isolate Vibrio fischeri from them (the bioluminescent bacteria they have a symbiosis with). But first I need to know if this is a practical idea.


Thanks!


Emilee

There was someone who joined Tonmo in the last year who had experience raising bobtail squid in the U.S. I just can't remember his name... Are you looking for a live specimen or a dead one?

Scolopes (a member here) has some, so you might want to pm him/her to see where they got them. You could also try a forum search for E. scolopes.

Thank you, I'll check that out..



Emilee

I've had Euprymna scolopes before at the NRCC, but as far as I know there is no one that has any for sale right now, we collected ours from Hawaii.

I just ran across these people a few days ago, not sure if they're even still open (the website looks a bit old), but they claim to have E. scolopes.

http://www.longarmlabs.com/longarmlabs82806_002.htm
here's the euprymna page...

http://www.longarmlabs.com/
...and here's the main page.

again, I'm not sure how current this is...

thanks alot guys, you've been really helpful


emilee