Kingdom of the Octopus: The Life-history of the Cephalopoda |
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animal appeared aquarium argonaut arms and tentacles attack autotomy bait beak bite boat body capture catch caught cephalo cephalopods chromatophores Chun coast color changes common American squid common cuttlefish common octopus crab creature cuttle cuttlebone cuttlefish Sepia Decapoda deep-sea diver eggs ejected eyes feet female fins fish fishermen funnel giant squid Gilpatric glands head hectocotylus hooks Humboldt Current inches ink sack Islands kraken lair large squids larvae light Linnaeus live lobster luminescence male mantle cavity marine mating membrane Michael Lerner molluscs moray eel mudflat octopus natural nautilus nearly Newfoundland observed octo octopodan octopus Octopus Pacific photophores plankton Plate prey puses reef rocks round says seen seized shell ship shoot side skin small octopus sometimes species specimens sperm mass sperm whale spermatophores Spirula squid Loligo suckers surface swimming tank tells tentacles teuthologists tiny tips topus Verrill Voss vulgaris Zoological zoologist