Cephalopod Science
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An analysis of the size of the largest cephalopods: Architeuthis and Mesonychoteuthis
Authored by Dr. Steve O'Shea and Dr. Kat Bolstad
Steve and Kat are members of the TONMO staff. You can communicate with them both in our Cephalopod Science forums.
INTRODUCTION TO FACT SHEETS
To ensure...
- Contributing Authors
- Dr. Steve O'Shea, Dr. Kat Bolstad
- Original publish date
- Apr 6, 2008
What lurks beneath...?
By Kat Bolstad
Note: Kat (Tintenfisch) welcomes discussion in the Physiology & Biology forum of the TONMO.com Message Board.
INTRODUCTION
The deep sea is the largest, yet least-explored habitat on Earth. Its seemingly adverse conditions include crushing pressure, total...
- Original publish date
- May 6, 2003
Architeuthis (Giant Squid) reproduction, with notes on basic anatomy and behavior
By Dr. Steve O'Shea
Last updated: 03/28/03
Note: Steve welcomes discussion in the Physiology & Biology forum.
Architeuthis (Fig. 1, left) is basically an eating and breeding machine. A look inside the cut-open...
- Original publish date
- Mar 28, 2003
A Guide to Frequently Used Characters, Character States and Measures
Last updated: 11/27/02
Frequently cited anatomical characters, structures, organ systems, measures and ratios employed in descriptions of cirrate and incirrate octopods are depicted in figures 1-6:
Figure 1 (click image...
- Original publish date
- Nov 27, 2002
Graeme Walla
4BSc Zoology
021647662
Dr. Allan Jones
University of Dundee
Table of Contents:
Abstract & Introduction
Basic Overview of the Cephalopod
Basic Limb Terminology
The Use of Suckers
A Brief Description of Cavitation
Decapod Sucker Morphology
Functional Morphology
Structural Morphology...
- Original publish date
- Jul 22, 2007
A guide for marine biologists studying giant squid
By Dr. Steve O'Shea
Auckland University of Technology, Earth and Oceanic Sciences Research Institute, Private Bag 92 006, Auckland, New Zealand.
Note: Steve welcomes discussion in TONMO's Architeuthidae forum.
Architeuthis is a leviathan...
- Original publish date
- Mar 30, 2003
By Steve O'Shea
Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand
June 10, 2003
Introduction
The following is a basic step-by-step rundown of squid-handling procedures (from receiving the specimen to preserving it) that I have found effective for fixing giant cephalopods, particularly...
- Original publish date
- Jun 11, 2019
The giant octopus Haliphron atlanticus (Mollusca: Octopoda) in New Zealand waters
DISCLAIMER
Steve's made available a copy of his manuscript on the giant gelatinous octopus (Haliphron atlanticus) from New Zealand for anyone to read and comment on if they are so inclined. He's done this as a...
- Original publish date
- Mar 8, 2003
Map: Larval Architeuthis Distribution Off New Zealand (1985-2000)
Map and Architeuthis photo provided by Dr. Steve O'Shea
Don't miss Dr. O'Shea's article on Architeuthis Reproduction, or the Giant and Colossal Squid Fact Sheet.
- Original publish date
- Mar 26, 2003
By Dr. Steve O'Shea
Note: Steve welcomes discussion in TONMO.com's Opisthoteuthidae forum.
S. O'SHEA
Earth and Oceanic Sciences Research Institute
Auckland University of Technology
Private Bag 92 006
Auckland, New Zealand
The most often-cited distinction between a squid and an octopus is in...
- Original publish date
- Mar 15, 2003
By Dr. Steve O'Shea
Note: Steve welcomes discussion in TONMO's Architeuthidae forum.
S. O'SHEA
Earth and Oceanic Sciences Research Institute
Auckland University of Technology
Private Bag 92 006
Auckland, New Zealand
ARCHITEUTHIS BUOYANCY AND FEEDING
Here we present a little scientific...
- Original publish date
- Mar 15, 2003
Gut contents of a giant squid Architeuthis dux (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida) from New Zealand waters
By Dr. Steve O'Shea and Dr. Kat Bolstad (Tintenfisch)
Authored: May 2, 2003 / Posted: Jan. 2, 2006
Note: Steve and Kat welcome discussion in TONMO.com's Physiology & Biology forum.
K. S. BOLSTAD...
- Contributing Authors
- Dr. Kat Bolstead
- Original publish date
- May 3, 2003
Only two Giant squid have ever been washed ashore in England. Although half-a-dozen have come ashore in Scotland and Ireland or been caught in nets in the North Sea, the tale of England’s Architeuthis is a curious one.
Early on 14 January 1933, a group of bathers spotted a rather strange, inert...
- Original publish date
- Feb 23, 2020
The following PDF files were contributed to TONMO over the years for sharing with the community.
Summary of files
Estimating age and growth rate in Architeuthis dux
Steve O’Shea Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
Caoimhghin Ó Maolagáin, National Institute of...
- Contributing Authors
- various
(Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae)
with comments on egg-mass susceptibility to damage by fisheries trawl
New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 2004, Vol. 31: 161–166
0301–4223/04/3102–0161 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2004
Z03030; Online publication date 12 May 2004 Received 24 July 2003...
- Contributing Authors
- Dr. Steve O'Shea, Dr. Kat Bolstad
- Original publish date
- May 12, 2004
The following article was originally published by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Spring 1998 issue Endeavors magazine.
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For generations, the monstrous-looking squid has inspired legends, tabloid headlines, and science fiction. But when you get right down to the meat of...
- Contributing Authors
- Elizabeth Zubritsky
- Original publish date
- Jun 10, 2003
Wikipedia resource for historical strandings
When TONMO.com set out to create a comprehensive list of all giant and colossal squid specimen discoveries throughout history, TONMO.com member Archi sent me the following email:
I feel that this would be a good source of information for the new...
- Original publish date
- Mar 15, 2005
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