In February 2006, a 8.62 meters giant squid caught off the Falkland Islands April 2005 went on public display at the Natural ...

The typical mantle of the long-arm octopus only reaches ... Octopuses are cephalopods, a group of ocean-dwelling mollusks. They have the most complex brains of any invertebrates, but most ...

All mollusks build their own shells, whether they live in water or on land. Creatures like snails, clams, oysters and mussels use an organ called a mantle to secrete layers of calcium carbonate ...

The coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus), also known as the veined octopus, belongs to a class of marine mollusks called ... In cephalopods, the mantle is the bulbous structure above its ...

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The peculiar human passion for the exoskeletons of mollusks has been around since ... In another mussel, the edge of the fleshy mantle looks and even twitches like a minnow. But when a fish ...

Remarkably, giant clams may be the only mollusk that’s sensitive to ultraviolet rays. Come nightfall, the giant clam closes its shell. The mantle on its shell also contains two holes ...

Larger pearls with unusual shapes are popular with creative jewelry designers. Natural pearls form in the bodies, or mantle tissue, of certain mollusks, usually around a microscopic irritant, and ...

The typical mantle of the long-arm octopus only reaches around four ... Octopuses are cephalopods, a group of ocean-dwelling mollusks. They have the most complex brains of any invertebrates, but most ...

The coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus), also known as the veined octopus, belongs to a class of marine mollusks called cephalopods ... In cephalopods, the mantle is the bulbous structure above ...

Shell (A) and operculum (B) measurements. (al) Aperture length, (aw) aperture width, (bw) body whorl, (ol) operculum length, (ow) operculum width, (tl) total length, (tw) total width. For histology of ...