Relying on the latest analytical techniques, this all-embracing new reference offers comprehensive coverage of the development, evolution, and morphology of both fossil and living cephalopods. In 34 in-depth chapters, a group of 51 international neontologists and peleontologists offer an overview of current methods, data, analyses, and ...
The Australasian region is home to the greatest diversity of cephalopods - squids, cuttlefish, octopuses - in the world. This book provides insights into the biology and behaviour of cephalopods. From the giant squid to the deadly blue ringed octopus, the secret lives of cephalopods are revealed. An introduction to the features of the main ...
Cephalopods are one group of mollusks, and there are about 650 different types of cephalopods. The main types are octopuses, squids, cuttlefishes, and nautiluses. Readers will learn about cephalopods' bodies and life cycle, where they live, how they sense the world, what they eat, and more. The text also offers an up-close look at blue-ringed ...
The It's True! series of nonfiction feature breezy writing and quirky cartoons designed to capture and hold the interest of preteens. An Octopus Has Deadly has fascinating facts about marine life and the scientists who study them.
Describes the characteristics and habits of the octopus, squid, argonaut, and other cephalopods, that class of mollusks having a mantle, tentacles, and the ability to change color.
The cephalopods include nautiluses, cuttlefishes, sepiolids, squids and octopuses. They are found throughout the world's seas, from Arctic to Antarctic waters, from the inter-tidal zone to mid-ocean, and from surface waters to deep trenches. Many differences in size, form and life-style are found among these animals. They range from the giant ...
There are about 700 species of cephalopods (cuttlefishes, squids, octopuses and the chambered nautiluses) living throughout the seas of the world, some between the tides, others in the deep ocean, and yet others in the surface waters. Cephalopods are considered to be the most highly evolved marine invertebrates and possess elaborate sense organs, ...
Squid, cuttlefish and octopuses, which form the marine mollusc group the cephalopods, are of great and increasing interest to marine biologists, physiologists, ecologists, environmental biologists and fisheries scientists. Cephalopods: ecology and fisheries is a thorough review of this most important animal group. The first introductory section of ...
Our natural history series brings you closer to living marine and coastal communities, where you'll come face to face with some of the more interesting residents. Richly illustrated with color photographs and illustrations, these books make great references for amateur naturalists and students alike. Discover the amazing variety of octopuses, ...
An octopus squeezes through a hole the size of an orange, and the cuttlefish buries itself while changing to the color of the sand. High-quality underwater photographs, full-color illustrations, diagrams, and a concise, illuminating text bring the octopus, squid and their relatives to life.
This book summarizes the state of our knowledge about communication in cephalopods, including squids, cuttlefishes, octopuses, and related forms, and assesses the comparative and theoretical implications of what we know.
While books previously published about octopuses and cuttlefish offer information about these animals in their natural habitats, Cephalopods is the first book that extensively covers care and husbandry techniques for keeping these exotic and highly intelligent marine creatures in the home aquarium.
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, diet, habitat, life cycle, and intelligence of the octopus and other members of the cephalopod family.
Ammonites are extinct marine animals related to present day squid, octopi, and chambered nautilus. Contains descriptions of more than 90 species that lived for 12 million years in the Pierre Seaway, which extended through the interior of North America, connecting the Arctic Ocean with the Gulf of Mexico.
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