Decapodida

How do you get two dead Giant Squid the size of a school bus from a fishing boat in Spain to a museum in Washington, DC, USA? Call in the Navy! Find out how Operation Calamari unfolded and how the museum managed to put their new Giant Squid on display. Photo Credit: Glenn Rankin, Smithsonian Institution Download a transcript of this podcast read moreDuration: 3:33Published: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:59:18 +0000

Description: Piglet squid swimming and inking Item Type: Video Title: Piglet squid from Cieba field Equatorial Guinea Species: Helicocranchia Site: Atlantic -- Northern Tropical Atlantic Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 79 Latitude: 1 deg 30' 00" N Longitude: 9 deg 30' 00" E Countries: West Africa -- Equatorial Guinea Rig: Pacific Vigilance Project Partners: Subsea 7 ROV: rov CE19 Deposited By: Dr Daniel Jones Deposited On: 19 July 2011

Item Type: Video Title: Bigfin squid Species: Magnapinna sp. Behaviour: Swimming near subsea equipment Site: Atlantic -- Gulf of Mexico -- Tiger Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 2750 Latitude: 26 deg 10' 48" N Longitude: 94 deg 37' 23" W Countries: Mexico -- Gulf of Mexico Habitat: Tropical Muddy Sand Rig: Discoverer Deep Seas Project Partners: Transocean, Subsea 7, Chevron USA ROV: Hercules 8 Deposited By: Rob Curry Deposited On: 05 September 2008

South Pacific Ocean, Shot at night, Duration 22 seconds

South Pacific Ocean, Shot at night, Duration 29 seconds

Coral Sea, Duration 25 seconds

Indo-Pacific, Duration 23 seconds

Coral Sea, Duration 42 seconds

In captivity

Dr. Roger Hanlon who studies cephalopod camouflage at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA describes the mesmerizing ""passing cloud"" pattern displayed by the male Giant Australian cuttlefish. Visit creaturecast.org for more stories about the unexpected world of animals. Animation and Audio Editing by Natividad Chen and Kimberly Ulmer. [taxonomy:binomial=Sepia apama]

Ventral. Specimen ID: 2358483. Field no.: Heteroteuthis dispar 1_G18NFM. Taxon rep.: Heteroteuthis. Image quality: 3. Aspect ratio: 1.333.

Dorsal. Specimen ID: 954183. Field no.: AINV-127. Taxon rep.: Metasepia. Image quality: 1. Aspect ratio: 1.499.

Arm. Specimen ID: 2202045. Field no.: ANTXXVII-3_PS 77208-2. Taxon rep.: Onykia. Image quality: 3. Aspect ratio: 0.665.

Dorsal. Specimen ID: 2358438. Field no.: Mastigoteuthis hjorti_G14NOP. Taxon rep.: Mastigopsis. Image quality: 1. Aspect ratio: 1.333.

Dorsal. Specimen ID: 2358294. Field no.: Loliginidae 14_G2NAP. Image quality: 1. Aspect ratio: 1.333.

Habitus. Catalog no.: ECO-CH-Z. Specimen ID: 7237211. Field no.: S45180516RE. Taxon rep.: Hyaloteuthis. Image quality: 1. Aspect ratio: 1.333.

Ventral. Specimen ID: 2358460. Field no.: Abraliopsis_G16DOP. Taxon rep.: Abraliopsis. Image quality: 4. Aspect ratio: 1.333.

Whole specimen. Catalog no.: RBCM: 001-00298-042. Specimen ID: 4432459. Field no.: L01-78: PBS 2001-2. Taxon rep.: Octopoteuthis. Image quality: 1. Aspect ratio: 1.471.

Lateral. Catalog no.: HvdB_NAM_098. Specimen ID: 2434882. Field no.: HvdB_NAM_098. Image quality: 1. Aspect ratio: 2.019.

Whole specimen. Catalog no.: RBCM: 003-00007-004. Specimen ID: 4432369. Field no.: TC2000-017. Taxon rep.: Galiteuthis phyllura. Image quality: 1. Aspect ratio: 1.808.

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