Cephalopods at the National Museum of      Natural History

Yes, it's a cephalopod! This squid and other cephalopods are featured in the Cephalopod pages maintained at the National Museum of Natural History! See the following links for more information on cephalopods.

• Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda (a downloadable pdf file)
• Cephalopods in Action. This is a multimedia appendix to published papers, that features video clips of cephalopods filmed from submersibles. Included are:
  • The list of publications
  • The list of species featured in the videos, arranged as a taxonomic list, only relevant taxa included
  • The newest action! Videos of the "Mystery Squid"!
  • A more complete explanation of the purpose of these pages
• Introducing an interactive key to the families of the Decapodiformes. Try this, it's exciting!
• Bibliographic resources
  • Cephalopod Online Bibliography
  • Theses and Dissertations on Cephalopoda (a downloadable pdf file)
• Giant Squid pages
  • Search for the giant squid
  • Expedition to search for the giant squid off New Zealand, 1999
  • Expedition journals from the search for the giant squid off New Zealand, 1999
  • List of Architeuthis published records (a downloadable pdf file)

This page was created by Jim Felley, Mike Vecchione, Clyde Roper, Mike Sweeney, and Tyler Christensen. If you have questions or comments, contact Mike Vecchione at vecchionem@si.edu.

This page was last updated on January 28, 2002

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