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WoRMS @marinespecies.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

(9/10) Poseidon’s Squid was found in the stomach of a sperm whale. www.marinespecies.org/worms-top-te... @cefafalopodo.bsky.social @ieo.es @gi.ieo.es @icmcsic.bsky.social #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean

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Cephalopods Daily @cephalopodsdaily.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

So cool to see a cuttlefish mimicking a pancake 🦑📷Chris Isaacs (inaturalist.ca/observations...)

A European Common Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) exhibiting the "disruptive" pattern. It is sitting on some black pebbles that are about as big as the cuttlefish. There a some light brown pebbles to the side. The cuttlefish is facing away from the camera. The cuttlefish is showing a pattern that contains white square in the middle of its mantle. The rest of its skin is a mix of dark and light brown that looks like sand.

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Cephalopods Daily @cephalopodsdaily.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Bigfin squids (genus Magnapinna) have a reputation for being eldritch looking creatures, but that's mostly from some low res footage where they are just floating with their arms dangling. When you get see them swimming, they look like a regular squid shaped squid, if you ignore their noodley arms.

A bigfin squid (genus Magnapinna) swimming above the deep sea floor. Its head, mantle and upper arms look like a typical squid, but it has two massive fins that are much larger than its body, and its lower arms are long, thin tendrils that are several times the length of the rest of the squid. Its lower arms look like strings dragging behind. The squid is a pale beige with white lower arms and slightly translucent fins. The seafloor is a mix of sediment and sediment covered rocks.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Tomorrow IRL markets in Philly start, which means a bunch of squid facts shop items will sell out! We have a few Biology is Bigger than Binaries shirts (designed by @franzanth.bsky.social) left. They're comfy & colors printed great! Once they're gone that's it. Get 'em now: SquidFacts.net

Sarah holds up a biology is bigger than binaries shirt, which has those words in bold white text on a black t shirt with a white lily, honeybee, and clownfish

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Cephalopod Research Network @cephalopodanetwork.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Absolutely beautiful first ever footage of Batoteuthis sp. from @schmidtocean.bsky.social ! Well done on this finding, truly a beautiful and very rare specimen! www.youtube.com/watch?si=WQN...

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Cephalopod Research Network @cephalopodanetwork.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

It's always a good feeling when you believe that you have solved a mystery that's been bugging you for a long time haha. Whatever this club belongs to (from the dead individual) is likely the same as the live one seen back in 2024! Believe it to be "B. riisei" but we shall see :)

Live Brachioteuthis tentacle off the coast of Chile

Brachioteuthis photo off the coast of Chile, with nice club picture

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Trying to bring everyone together into one place so I feel like my community is more connected 🥺 so now I have a discord server just for followers of my art and content, and for any academic advice yall need discord.gg/PKFbXxaFCU

White graphic of a giant pacific octopus against a foamy sea. Text bubble above their head that reads “join my discord!” Text below the bubble reads “a place for ceph lovers and aspiring teuthologists” link in bio (or in the text). Yellow sparkles adorn the sides

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Cephalopod Research Network @cephalopodanetwork.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I want to thank all ~170+ members of the Cephalopod Research Network for joining! It is such an honor having so many accomplished cephalopod scientists sharing their research, cephalopod imagery, and overall comradery with one another! Thank you from the bottom of my little squid heart! Love Austin

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Cephalopod Research Network @cephalopodanetwork.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

I know that this is typically strictly a cephalopod page, however, every so often there is something I have never seen before but have looked forward to seeing for the first time! This Black and white Cone Snail!!

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Austin @brachioteuthis.bsky.social is talking about brachioteuthids (a type of deep sea 🦑 ). He’s trying to figure out how we can more easily tell the difference between species. He taught us about some …unique! suction cup morphology. Just on the males, on the hectocotylus, they have a…um. EPS.

A slide showing 4 different squid, zooming in on their dick-arm, which each have what looks like little dicks coming off of them. Each is labeled with a different location and the mantle length. Nature is so beautiful.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Interrupting this Japan travel content to remind you to please buy an eel facts advent calendar or love notes from nature 2026 calendar or Biology is bigger than binaries shirt so I still have a job when I return to Philadelphia 😘 Eelfacts.net

Sarah holds up an eel Facts advent calendar in front of a bunch of blooming flowers. The calendar has 24 rectangles with a yellow circle in the middle with numbers and zigzags. There are 6 eels on it, including a yellow
Moray, splendid garden eels 2 freshwater eels and a ribbon eel

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Cephalopod Research Network @cephalopodanetwork.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Greetings all Cephalopod researchers! If you have not been keeping up with all of the news regarding CIAC, I will share everything that I possibly can here! Anything else I can provide, please let me know Best, Austin #CIAC #CephalopodResearch #Cephalopods #Cephalopoda #Cephalopod

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Dreams of a Scientist: Lessons from the Sea @dreamsofascientist.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

We kicked off @scifri.bsky.social #cephalopodweek yesterday with @invertebabe.bsky.social! We will be sharing ceph scientist stories all week, but first: who are our cephalopods, and why study them?

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Cephalopod Research Network @cephalopodanetwork.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

If you are someone actively involved in cephalopod research whether you are a Masters student, PhD student, Postdoc, Professor, Emeritus, reach out to me via the Bsky chat so we can get you invited to the Cephalopod Research Network Discord server! It's essentially a year-round CIAC!

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AUT Squid Squad @autsquidsquad.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

We've had a couple of cock-eyed or jeweled squid species (family Histioteuthidae); this is a nice H. macrohista, one of the more extreme examples of tiny mantle (yes, that's the whole thing!) compared to head & arms. See also distinctive long arm-tip photophores. #SQXmas2025

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AUT Squid Squad @autsquidsquad.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

This year's Squidmas samples are from sub-Antarctic waters. This is Galiteuthis, a 'glass' squid (Cranchiidae, same family the colossal squid). There are undescribed species in this genus so looking forward to genetic results! #SQXmas2025

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AUT Squid Squad @autsquidsquad.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

This is a young Moroteuthopsis, a warty hooked squid (family Onychoteuthidae)

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AUT Squid Squad @autsquidsquad.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

And a teensy glass squid (cranchiid), Liocranchia #SQXmas2025

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AUT Squid Squad @autsquidsquad.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

#SQXmas2025 continues. On the larger end of the scale, a hefty warty hooked squid, Onykia sp.

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C. Chen @ Jamsteeeec @squamiferum.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

[New Paper] reporting 8 distinct mollusc eggs from abyssal and hadal depths of Aleutian Trench is now out in Progress in Oceanography! With a potential Dumbo Octopus egg + at least 5 snail eggs! OPEN ACCESS: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... With @sigwartae.bsky.social @oceanspecies.bsky.social

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Did you miss our first SICB summer talk ? Be sure to check out our ICB blog by Katrina Pinili about @invertebabe.bsky.social 's talk & watch the YouTube integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/07/04/t... #science #cephalopods #biology

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Cephalopod Research Network @cephalopodanetwork.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Huge shoutout to @tonmo.com for the wonderful interview the other day! It was such a wonderful opportunity to share a bit of information regarding such an underrepresented family of squids with tons of complexity to them! Thank you, Tony, for the best time, looking forward to doing it again :D

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

I'm looking for some colleagues interested in helping to start an initiative to seek private salary funding for Evolutionary Biology grad students, in collaboration with scientific societies like @asn-amnat.bsky.social . reach out if interested

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Jeff Day @jeffday.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

The footage here is framed as rare, but one of the interesting findings from recent cruises to Antarctica by @schmidtocean.bsky.social and @deepseauwa.bsky.social is that cephalopods which previously had very few video records are actually incredibly common.

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Cephalopod Research Network @cephalopodanetwork.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

www.instagram.com/reel/DItn8rb... What a pleasure to be mentioned (not the text message)! Despite being a PhD student studying squids, I would absolutely consider myself a super fan of @schmidtocean.bsky.social and @oceancensus.bsky.social! I always enjoy watching the divestreams with the friends!

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Which cephalopod are you sitting next to? 🦑🐙🐡🧪

A meme made by me. Photo of inside of a plane. Text: “you are on a 10 hour flight. Where are you sitting?” Below, 3 columns 5 rows, followed by an aisle and then 2 columns 5 rows. Going left to right down the rows; “1”, algae octopus, vampire squid, “2”, starry night octopus.
comb finned squid, dumbo squid, “3” stubby squid, flamboyant cuttlefish.
Hawaiian bobtail “4”, paper nautilus, giant Australian cuttlefish, “5”.
“6”, grimalditeuthis, cuttlefish with 3d glasses, “7”, promachoteuthis.
Flapjack octopus, sharpear enope squid, “8”, chambered nautilus, “9”.

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Cephalopod Research Network @cephalopodanetwork.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

So some extraordinary news came out today! We have received footage for the first time of a colossal squid in it's natural habitat! I remember watching the footage live and being in chat saying "Could this be Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni"? And glad to hear it was!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzPo...

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Colossal Squid, 1st Live Observation | Searching for New Species in the South Sandwich Islands

YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean

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Dr Helen Scales @helenscales.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Flamboyant cuttlefish get my vote for invertebrate of the year at @theguardian.com What's not to love about their colourful patterns? But watch out. Just because they're small, doesn't mean they are sweet. This is the only known species of toxic cuttlefish! 🦑💀 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Small but feisty: the clever cuttlefish that changes colour to bedazzle predators

The flamboyant cuttlefish flashes patterns and psychedelic colours and waves its arms in a hypnotic display

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Cephalopod Research Network @cephalopodanetwork.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

How did I not know Brachioteuthis beanii being a species would make it as Blueskys top 3 trending posts claims a random Blusky profile 😂

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Zoe Doubleday @zoedoubleday.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Congrats Erica Durante for publishing amazing research (+ your 4th PhD paper!). Erica developed methods to extract estrogen & progesterone from cephalopod beaks. Now we can get lifetime reproductive data from species we know little about! @aslo.org aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Zoe (author of post) is holding a beak of a giant octopus squid, a mysterious species we know little about.

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Cephalopod Research Network @cephalopodanetwork.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Looking forward to being able to share the Cephalopod Research Network with everyone at CIAC 2025 in Okinawa! #CIAC #Cephalopod #CephalopodResearch

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Cephalopods Daily @cephalopodsdaily.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

This is ultimately a photo of a predator having successfully caught its prey, but I can't stop from thinking it looks so goofy. Its like the crustacean is yelling "Let me at 'em!" but the pygmy squid is holding it back. It probably helps the goofiness that they are both so tiny.

A Two-toned Pygmy Squid (Idiosepius pygmaeus) holding a crab like crustacean in its arms. The pygmy squid has itself glued to a branching sea plant. The sea plant is black with a purple tinge and has a bunch of dark yellow frilly things sticking out of it. The pygmy squid is attached to the sea plant at its mantle. The pygmy squid translucent, and have a yellow colour with tiny black spots all over. Its eyes are silvery with some iridescent cyan on top. The crustacean is grasped within its arms, and the crustacean is helplessly reaching out with all its limbs. The crustacean is a very light pink colour and a bit translucent.

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AUT Squid Squad @autsquidsquad.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

@schmidtocean.bsky.social just filmed a beautiful Antarctic glass squid (cranchiid) with hooks on the tentacles. Only two possibilities and one is the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis. Hard to be sure whether arm hooks are present (which would confirm colossal) but the clubs look right!

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AUT Squid Squad @autsquidsquad.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Happy bday colossal squid! The species was described in 1925 so @deepseapod.com & I did a centenary episode on the @deepseapodcast.bsky.social - www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/056-... 🦑🎉 Gorgeous artwork thanks to Gareth, a guest on our recent #Antarctic voyage with #IntrepidTravel for #ProjectESCA

Black-and-white ink drawing of a colossal squid holding a birthday cake

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Ascent has begun! First up, a lovely currate octo! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 801 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife

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Mia Punch-Every-Nazi (she/they) 🇨🇦 @miaofdoom.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Hey ocean nerds 🌊 If you love cephalopods like I love cephalopods, I highly recommend @dannastaaf.bsky.social’s excellent book “Monarchs of the Sea: The Extraordinary 500-Million-Year History of Cephalopods” 🐙 🦑 It’s extremely well-written, entertaining, and educational (even if my cat hates it 🤷‍♀️)

A Maine coon/tabby cat takes a swipe at Danna Staaf’s book “Monarchs of the Sea” due to jealousy/the need for constant attention. Book is excellent, do not believe cat. (I tried three times to get a picture)

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Octism Queen @snowqueenofhoth.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

IT ONLY TOOK ME TWO MONTHS TO COMMIT TO A SETUP BUT I FINALLY PUT STICKERS ON MY LAPTOP CAN I GET A HELL YEAH!!!!

Stickers on a black laptop case:
A shiny round gold sticker with a puzzle piece and the words “I’m great at puzzles” directly in the center.
Clockwise from left to right:
An octopus painting a self-portrait; cute and shiny biblically accurate angel eyes and wings; an angel jellyfish; an octopus wearing a jellyfish like a space helmet; a crest with biblically accurate angel eyes and the pride and trans flag colors; Goblin Lore; A squid in a pastel pink circle with hearts; an orange octopus head peaking up from the edge of the computer; a sea angel; two stamps of the moon

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Tara A Pierce @restoringsustainability.com · 08/03/2025

Giant Pacific Red Octopus. Sometimes all you need is 3 colors for a painting. #marinelife #oceanart #artist

Black, red, and white painting of an octopus; arms are spread in all directions.

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Bridget Vincent @bridgetsquidget.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The Wunderpus 🐙 (Wunderpus photogenicus) is a master of disguise - It hides in its burrow with six arms while waving the other two like venomous sea snakes 🐍 🎨 Prints available in my shop, link in bio #MolluskMonday #MolluscMonday #WildlifeIllustration #DigitalArt #ArtYear

Neon digital oil painting of a Wunderpus octopus

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Danna Staaf @dannastaaf.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

My beloved @booksinc.bsky.social where I've been lucky enough to launch several books (and where the booksellers are always supportive no matter how weird my costume) could use some help! If you or anyone you know has any interest in books, you can shop online, including gift cards: booksinc.net

Photo of my book launch of The Lives of Octopuses and Their Relatives inside the Campbell Books, Inc store. I'm in the center wearing a mimic octopus costume (black and white stripes, stuffed tights for extra arms, octopus eyes with horizontal pupils on top of my head) and the wonderful bookseller Harriet is behind me. Several children are visible from the back, sitting in the audience.

Photo from my launch of The Lives of Octopuses and Their Relatives at the Campbell Books Inc store. A projector screen in the background shows a gorgeous octopus drawing by Sam Julian; I'm in the foreground displaying my mimic octopus costume: black-and-white stripes all over, with stuffed tights as extra arms connected to my real arms with fishing line so they all move together. My face is covered with more striped tights so the only eyes visible are the large octopus eyes on top of my head.

Photo of me and my two kids posing by the blackboard sandwich sign in front of Campbel Books Inc. The sign has art by bookseller Doug of a stork carrying a baby stork, and the words "Danna Staaf here, her new book Nursery Earth." An addition sign says "Author Here Today." My son happens to be dressed as Luke Skywalker.

Photo from my book launch of The Lady and the Octopus at the Campbell Books Inc store. I'm in front of an audience, most of whom are masked, and I'm wearing a dark red period dress in 1830s style with a hair net, and gesturing as I talk. I'm dressed as Jeanne Villepreux-Power, the subject of the book.

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Cephalopod Research Network @cephalopodanetwork.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Wishing our lovely cephalopod professionals the best of luck as they search for the colossal squid! Looking forward to seeing the footage that you both will get with #ProjectESCA!

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Julia Sigwart @sigwartae.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Here is the mollusc tree. (We fixed it, you're welcome.) 😇 @sgn.one @oceanspecies.bsky.social @kmkocot.bsky.social @squamiferum.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Bridget Vincent @bridgetsquidget.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

The Mondays just seem to keep on coming, ready or not. This week was a busy one but #MolluskMonday has arrived! Here's a quick sketch of a Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana). If you're lucky enough to see these in the wild, they'll likely be in a small shoal. #artyear #molluscmonday

Sketch of a Caribbean reef squid using markers

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Just donated $483 to the completion of CephRef 🥳

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I'll be speaking at this event next week! Get your signs ready and come on down!

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Danna Staaf @dannastaaf.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

🦑🐙 BIRTHDAY CEPHALOPODS 🐙🦑 A few years ago I offered cephalopod doodles on my birthday, and it was so fun I'm doing it again! send me a prompt today (any cephalopod + anything else) and I'll draw it! here are some examples from 2021/2022

Two octopuses hugging very tightly, one purple and one green.

A tiny carousel with nautiluses instead of horses.

An orange octopus in a karate gi throwing two punches and chopping two pieces of wood.

A large red squid with three small squid, all releasing ink clouds. The large squid's ink says ABC and each of the small squid is trying to make a single letter, with mistakes.

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Jan Strugnell @janstrugnell.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Delighted to speak at #lornegenome25 on using octopus genomes to date ice sheet collapse 🐙🧬❄️ @marine-omics.bsky.social

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