Directory of Cephalopoda Resources

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The class Cephalopoda consists of the squids and octopuses. The name means head-foot and they have large heads with a mouth and horny beak, surrounded by muscular tentacles, sometimes with suckers or hooks. The shell may be reduced or absent. They have large eyes and part of the mantle forms a muscular siphon through which water is forced to provide jet propulsion. Some can change color by way of camouflage and several extrude a cloud of ink for protection. They are all marine and many are big, swift and intelligent.

Subcategories

• Ammonoidea

Resources in This Category

• Architeuthis dux: Giant Squid

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2007/mandli_jord/
  Research project by Jordan Mandli on this species, including its classification, general description, adaptations to its deepwater environment, habitat, nutrition and the legends that surround it.

• Cephalopod

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalopoda
  Information from Wikipedia on this class of marine molluscs which includes the squid, cuttlefish and octopus.

• Cephalopod International Advisory Council

  http://www.abdn.ac.uk/CIAC/
  Supports and encourages cephalopod research and communication among cephalopod researchers by means of meetings, workshops, and a newsletter.

• Cephalopoda

  http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Cephalopoda&contgroup=Mollusca
  Classification and images of cephalopods from the Tree of Life project.

• Coleoidea

  http://tolweb.org/Coleoidea/19400
  Photographs and information on octopods, squids, cuttlefishes and their relatives from the Tree of Life Web Project.

• Common Cuttlefish: Sepia officinalis

  http://www.arkive.org/common-cuttlefish/sepia-officinalis/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Common Octopus: Octopus vulgaris

  http://www.arkive.org/common-octopus/octopus-vulgaris/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Curled Octopus: Eledone cirrhosa

  http://www.arkive.org/curled-octopus/eledone-cirrhosa/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Cuttlefish: the Sentient Cephalopod

  http://www.heptune.com/cutfish.html
  This page includes a true story of human-cuttlefish interaction, and several photographs.

• Giant Cuttlefish: Sepia apama

  http://www.arkive.org/giant-cuttlefish/sepia-apama/
  Photographs, videos and information from ARKive.

• Giant Squid

  http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=156
  Information about Architeuthus dux and an illustration.

• Nautilus pompilius: Nautiluses

  http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/Npompil.php
  Photographs and information on Nautilus and Allonautilus which are the last living genera of externally shelled cephalopods.

• Nautilus: Nautilus pompilius

  http://www.arkive.org/nautilus/nautilus-pompilius/
  Photographs, videos and information from ARKive.

• North Pacific Giant Octopus: Enteroctopus dofleini

  http://www.arkive.org/north-pacific-giant-octopus/enteroctopus-dofleini/
  Photographs and information from ARKive.

• Ocean Planet: In Search of Giant Squid

  http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/squid.html
  Myths and facts about the giant squid.

• Octopus vulgaris

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2007/akkala_thom
  Tom Akkala provides photographs of the common octopus and information on its classification, habitat, adaptation, nutrition, reproduction and interaction with other species.

• Sepia officinalis

  http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2711
  Factsheet from the FAO on the Common Cuttlefish, its distinguishing features, distribution, habitat and biology.

• Sepioteuthis lessoniana: Bigfin Reef Squid

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2009/johnson_ama2
  Research project by Amanda Johnson at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse.

• Sepioteuthis sepioidea: Caribbean Reef Squid

  http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/Ssepioidea.php
  Photographs and information on these squid that are often confused with cuttlefish because their large fins wrap around their mantles.

• The Cephalopod Page

  http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/
  Personal site of Dr. James B. Wood devoted to the cephalopods with extensive galleries and articles.

• The Octopus News Magazine Online

  http://www.tonmo.com/
  An online community and news magazine about octopuses, squids, and other cephalopods.

• Vampyroteuthis infernalis: Deep-sea Vampire Squid

  http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/vampy.php
  Photograph and information on this cephalopod which spends its whole life in the depths of the ocean.

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