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Although many squid species are bioluminescent, only a few octopus species are bioluminescent.

The glowing sucker octopus (Stauroteuthis syrtensis) is one of those few species, and is the only known bioluminescent cirrate octopus.

#OCTOtober
A glowing sucker octopus (Stauroteuthis syrtensis) with its arms and webbing extended. You can clearly see its head and mantle. Its fins appear to be mid flap. A glowing sucker octopus (Stauroteuthis syrtensis) swimming upside down. Its arms extend up, out and then in, making a sort of blimp shape. Its fins are flapping A glowing sucker octopus (Stauroteuthis syrtensis) with its arms extended, so you can clearly see its arms, suckers and cirri A low quality image of glowing sucker octopus (Stauroteuthis syrtensis) Its arms are going out and down with its webbing out. Its fins are tucked in. It is staring at the camera as if you just caught it eating your potato chips at 3 AM
October 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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The Seven-armed octopus (Haliphron atlanticus) is a large octopus species, that as its name suggests, has eight arms!

The reason it gets its name is that males have their hectocotylus (a specialized arm used for mating) curled up in a pouch, making it look like they only have seven arms

#OCTOtober
A seven-armed octopus (Haliphron atlanticus) swimming in ocean. Its arms are held together, with two arms extended a bit further, so it looks like a big pink blob. A seven-armed octopus (Haliphron atlanticus) swimming in a kelp forest. It looks like an orangish gelatinous blob with arms. A view of a seven-armed octopus's (Haliphron atlanticus) mouth. Its arms are spread out, showing the messy row of suckers and webbing. You can see the octopus's eight arms. The octopus is orange with white suckers. It is swimming in a kelp forest. A seven-armed octopus (Haliphron atlanticus) swimming towards the camera while extending its arms. Webbing is between its arms and the tips of the arms are curled outwards. The rest of the octopus is gelatinous. It is pink.
October 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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The egg masses of the southern shortfin squid (Illex coindetii) resemble a metre wide cat's eye marbles.

That's especially impressive when you remember that the largest female squid of this species had a mantle length of 37 cm.

#SQUIDtember
A large egg mass of a southern shortfin squid (Illex coindetii) floating in the ocean. It is roughly spherical shape. It is mostly transparent, except for a light brown twisty mass inside, that makes it resemble a cat's eye marble. A diver swims nearby, flashing a light on the egg mass. The egg mass is larger than average, about as big as the diver. Two short-finned squid (Illex coindetii) specimens on a beige surface. There is a larger one on top and a smaller one below. They have a typical squid shape, with triangular fins. They have an orange colour. A large egg mass of a southern shortfin squid (Illex coindetii) floating in the ocean. It is roughly spherical shape. It is mostly transparent, except for a light brown twisty mass inside, that makes it resemble a cat's eye marble. A diver swims nearby, flashing a light on the egg mass. The egg mass is larger than average, about as big as the diver. A large egg mass of a southern shortfin squid (Illex coindetii) floating in the ocean. It is roughly spherical shape, although there is an extra blob shaped bit sticking out to the side. It is mostly transparent, except for a light brown twisty mass inside, that makes it resemble a cat's eye marble. The egg mass is being illuminated by a diver outside of the frame, and another diver is visible on the other side. You can see little unidentified things on the outside of the egg mass that resemble pine needles or grains of rice.
September 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Giant squid (Architeuthis dux) are the longest and the second largest squid species, with a mantle length of around 2 m.

Although live giant squid weren't seen until the early 2000s, we've seen them alive plenty of times since.

#SQUIDtember
A giant squid (Architeuthis dux) swimming just below the surface surrounded by a fishing net. It has its arms held all together in line with its body, like a brush on paintbrush. The squid is entirely orangish red except for a white splotch at the tip of its mantle. A giant squid (Architeuthis dux) swimming just below the surface by a boat at night. It is being illuminated by the boat's light. You can see part of the boat, either a rudder or a pontoon. There is Japanese text on the image above the squid that says "だいおういか" which is "dai ō ika" in romanji translating to literally to large squid. The squid has all its arms together and is entirely orangish red except for a white splotch at the tip of its mantle. A giant squid (Architeuthis dux) floating just below the surface while two divers film it. The squid is pointing towards the top of the image. Its arms are not organized, with a few of them being curled back, including one on the outside. The squid longer than either diver, although it hard to see how much longer. The squid is red with lots of white splotches. The divers are in black wetsuits, and there is one to either side. The diver on the left is at the mantle's end. while the other is halfway down. A blurry photo of a giant squid (Architeuthis dux) at the surface of the water at night. It is attacking a large diamondback squid (Thysanoteuthis rhombus) which is on a fishing lure that is not visible. The giant squid dwarfs the diamondback squid. The giant squid is reddish orange, and its arms are curled and flailing around. It appears to be spraying water out of its siphon. Some of its suckers are visible. The diamondback squid is white and reddish orange.
September 23, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Discoteuthis discus is a squid species that has been observed at most twice in its natural habitat.

Both times we've seen, they have been doing weird poses. But because we have so few observations of this species, we have no idea if this is normal for them or not.

#SQUIDtember
An unidentified cephalopod (Probably Discoteuthis discus) in a strange pose. It is folded onto itself with it's mantle mostly on the bottom, two limbs pointing vertically and the rest pointing back. This view is from the side. A more blown up photo of an unidentified cephalopod (Probably Discoteuthis discus) in a strange pose. It is upside down, with its arms up top and mantle on the bottom. Its mantle and arms are bent backwards, except two arms which are just dangling around downwards. An unidentified cephalopod (Probably Discoteuthis discus) in a strange pose. It is folded onto itself with it's mantle mostly on the bottom, two limbs pointing vertically and the rest pointing back. This view is from the front. An unidentified cephalopod (Probably Discoteuthis discus) in a strange pose. It is upside down, with its arms up top and mantle on the bottom. Its mantle and arms are bent backwards, except two arms which are just dangling around downwards.
September 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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More illustrations loosely based on dreams I've had
July 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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wonder what they're talking about...
July 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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It's impossible to get tired of tiny octopuses.

🐙📷Jessica McLaughlin (inaturalist.ca/observations...)
A juvenile Lesser Two-spot Octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) sitting on some brown kelp or sea weed. Most of its arms are curling down and back, with some going over the edge of the kelp. One arm in the centre is raised up and curling back up above its head. The octopus is very tiny and cute. It is light brown except for the underside of its arms which are off white. It has two alternating rows of suckers. It has some small bumps on its head and mantle, including a bump above its eye.
June 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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A cautious Amphioctopus, not quite sure what to make of our lights
June 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Hey, cephalo-fans! 🐙

It's official: #CephalopodWeek is swimming into *fall* this year. Raise your tentacles to a new season of octopuses, squid, and exciting SciFri stories and programs. We'll sea you soon, and in the meantime, dive into our archive of cephalo-content: buff.ly/O2twuYF
June 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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He looks so proud up on his pipe.

🐙📷janebowman (inaturalist.ca/observations...)
A Pale Octopus (Octopus pallidus) sitting on top of a pipe. The octopus is completely covering the opening of the pipe, with its arms and mantle hanging over the edge of the pipe. The octopus is perpendicular to the camera, and it almost looks as if its proud. It is brown, light brown, beige and yellow with its skin having a mosaic pattern. It has some small bumps and spikes. The pipe is vertical, and it is white and dark brown. There is some algae growing on it and cable halfway down that then bends down. Around the pipe is a sandy sea floor with patches of algae and sea grass, with anything further out being just blue from the water.
May 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Zentraya for the Patreon

I chose her new suit cause I love the short hair for it

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April 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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IGNITE THE DRIVE IN YOUR SOUL

Another Patreon piece

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April 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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"Excellent, everything is going according to plan"

🦑📷Lawrence Hylton (inaturalist.ca/observations...)
An Australian Giant Cuttlefish (Ascarosepion apama) floating, looking directly at the camera. There is lots of seaweed in the background, as well as some Australian Mado (Atypichthys strigatus) swimming it background. The cuttlefish has most of its arms hanging down in two clumps on either side, but its two centre arms are raised in front of its faces, with a wavy tip and a small gap between them, making them almost look like an evil genius or Mr Burns steepling and tapping their fingers. It is flapping its fins. It has its papillae raised, giving it horizontal ridges or wrinkles on its body and antler like "horns" above each eye. It has an orange colour with a few white spots on its arms and face.
April 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Red-spot Night Octopus (Callistoctopus dierythraeus)? I wonder why it's called that...

Normally it has a orange colour with white spots like other night octopuses. But it switches to white with red spots when disturbed.

🐙📷Breannan (inaturalist.ca/observations...)
A Red-spot Night Octopus (Callistoctopus dierythraeus) in shallow water peering out at the photograph who is our of the water and can be vaguely seen in the reflect. The octopus is in a large rocky gap between large rocks covered in seaweed. The octopus has its arms down with their tips curled and its webbing stretched out with its arms and its mantle inflated and extending out. The octopus is white with dark red spots, with the ends of its arms being dark red and a bit of light blue at the ends of its webbing. The octopus has reddish orange eyes.
April 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Slowly adding to my Japanese-language manga collection with @mrmk.bsky.social's 101 Days of Girls Loving Girls. I loved seeing all of these short yuri scenes online, and they're even prettier in physical form.
March 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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The Glass Octopus (Vitreledonella richardi) is an octopus species that lives at meso- to bathypelagic depths.

Its body is almost completely transparent and colourless, except for its eyes, digestive tract and golden chromatophores.

🐙📷Schmidt Ocean (@schmidtocean.bsky.social)
A glass octopus (Vitreledonella richardi) floating in the ocean. It is letting its mantle flop down, with its arms going up and then flopping down. Its skin is transparent, with a blue tinge. Visible in its mantle is its orange tube shaped digestive tract. Its eyes are also not transparent. A glass octopus (Vitreledonella richardi) floating in the ocean. It's skin is transparent, with a light blue tinge. Visible in its mantle is its orange tube shaped digestive tract. Its eyes and optical cord are also not transparent and are orange. Between its arms is clear webbing, sprinkled with gold coloured chromatophores. A glass octopus (Vitreledonella richardi) floating in the ocean. It's skin is transparent, with a blue tinge. Visible in its mantle is its orange tube shaped digestive tract. Its eyes and optical cord are also not transparent and are orange. Between its arms is clear webbing, sprinkled with gold coloured chromatophores. A glass octopus (Vitreledonella richardi) floating in the ocean. It's skin is transparent, with a like blue tinge. Visible in its mantle is its orange tube shaped digestive tract. Its eyes and optical cord are also not transparent and are orange. Between its arms is clear webbing, sprinkled with gold coloured chromatophores.
March 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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by the coral reef 🪸
illustration of some seacreatures first image is a shark on a swing with a coral branch holding it second is a round seal inside a giant clam followed by a jellyfish, hermit crab, sea turtle, nudibranch, garden eels, and ray
March 23, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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The Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) is the largest octopus species, with a mantle length of at least 60 cm.

Adults can weigh over 50 kg, but the largest recorded specimen weighed in at 272 kg!
A Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) sitting on the seafloor and in the middle of being stepped on by a vermilion sea star (Mediaster aequalis). The sea star's foot is raised above the octopus's head and its tube feet are reaching out. The octopus is looking at the camera. A Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) clinging to a large rocks on the poking out of the water. The camera is above the water and you can see the shiny, bumpy surface of the water. The octopus is stretching its arms into the shallow water on the rock. Just behind the rock is a steep drop off of a couple metres. The water as a beautiful blue colour. The octopus is a deep orangish red colour, and it appears to have its papillae raised. A Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) tucked into a small, undersea ledge with two laminated pages of the Octopolis comic. The octopus has a bumpy skin texture, and has a mostly beige colour with some dark red. One page is in the foreground and one is in the back, and both are being grasped by the octopus's suckers. The double row of suckers is clearly visible on the arm grasping the page in the foreground. A Giant Pacific Octopus paralarva (Enteroctopus dofleini) swimming in black water. Its mantle is translucent and you can see an orange orange inside. Its head is orange. It has orange chromatophores on its mantle, and a single row of orange chromatophores on each arm.
March 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Explorations of the Shadow Leviathan for Subnautica: Below Zero. It had a more vertebrate-inspired face for a time, before we settled for the invertebrate maw.

One was inspired by a species of anglerfish that (apparently) has a set of glowing organs INSIDE its mouth.
March 19, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Vampire squids (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) don't really live up to their name. They aren't squids, and they don't hunt, let alone suck blood.

But they are vampire-like in their longevity! They are thought to be able to live up to 10 years, longer than almost any other cephalopod!
A vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) swimming to the right in dark water surrounded by marine snow. It has dark red skin and blue eyes. Its arms are extended behind it. In between its arms is dark beige webbing. One of long feeding filaments is extended. A vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) floating in the ocean, surrounded by white specks of marine snow. The vampire squid is a pinkish orange with blue eyes. Its arms are spread out with translucent webbing in between, and its fins are mid flap. A vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) swimming away to the left. It has pinkish orange skin and blue eyes. It's fins are flapping and arms are extended behind it and partially curled inwards. Webbing is in between the arms and cirri are visible on its arms. A vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) moving into its "pineapple pose." Its cute fins that resemble ears are flapping. It has its arms spread out, stretching the webbing, and it has them pressed against its face which is not visible. It is doing this to wrap its arms and webbing around the rest of its body, like it is turning itself inside out. You can clear see the inside side of its arms and webbing, which is beige. The inside side of the arm has these pairs of fleshy spikes in addition to a single row of suckers at near one end of the arms. The vampire squid is dark red and you can see white dots on it which are photophores. There is marine snow around it.
March 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Lots of different squid species have hooks on their limbs, but you often don't get such a good view of them on a live squid. I definitely wouldn't want to be on the business end of that squid!

🦑📷Hartley Bay Coastal Community Observatory / Gitga'at First Nation, BC (inaturalist.ca/observations...)
A Schoolmaster Armhook Squid (Berryteuthis magister) swimming above the sea floor with its limbs swung back. There is some ink in the water as the squid recently inked. All eight arms and its two tentacles are swung back. Six of its arms have two rows of hooks that are visible, with the other two arms having no hooks. The squid's beak if clearly visible as none of its limbs are blocking it. It has a large mantle with two large fins on the end half of the mantle. The squid has an orange colour with white on the underside. The sea floor is rocky with lots of round rocks, and it is about 65 m below the surface.
March 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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"Mom said it was my turn on the Xbox"

🦑📷nimheggas (inaturalist.ca/observations...)
An Australian Giant Cuttlefish (Ascarosepion apama) looking into a window on a boat, presumably looking at the people not visible in the photo. The cuttlefish has a droopy, wrinkled appearance, and its eyes look kind of sad. All of its arms except for the outer pair are held together in the centre and are pointing down and slightly back.
March 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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I know that's the siphon and not its mouth, but it still makes her look like she has such a goofy expression.

🐙📷Ginni Callahan (inaturalist.ca/observations...)
A female Noury's Argonaut (Argonauta nouryi) being held by a person in an orange bucket. The octopus is in its "shell". The "shell" is actually an egg case and is white and bumpy. It forms a spiral shape but that is not visible in the photo. The photo is showing the opening where the octopus is. The octopus is a dark red, almost purple, colour with white flesh that just peeks out behind the chromatophores. It has most of its body in the "shell" and its arms are reaching backwards into the shell, exposing the bottom of its arms. The offset two rows of suckers are visible. Its eye is just peeking out from the shell on the left side, at it has a round pupil. On the front right, its siphon is poking out from between its arms and its opening its sort of shaped like a gridiron football, making it look a mouth. If you see the siphon as a mouth, it makes the octopus have a confused, dazed expression.
March 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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bluebertea.bsky.social
SOOOO happy to get my samples of my new charms!! They look awesome just need to tweak some dark colors!

These will be available mid March!

#theamazingdigitalcircus #fnaf #sebastiansolace #deltarune
February 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM