Friday Cephalopod: glass squid
Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
Posted on: November 17, 2006 6:00 AM, by PZ Myers

A member of the family Cranchiidae
Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
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Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
Posted on: November 17, 2006 6:00 AM, by PZ Myers

Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
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Comments
Posted by: llewelly | November 17, 2006 6:31 AM
hm, looks soft and flexible rather than hard and brittle.
Gorgeous in any case.
Posted by: Pete K | November 17, 2006 10:46 AM
Very pretty 8-) I think I've seen that species before...
Posted by: Joshua | November 17, 2006 1:01 PM
Pfft. This kind of explicit display all well and good, but it leaves nothing to the imagination! Whatever happened to sophisticated eroticism?
Posted by: llewelly | November 17, 2006 1:51 PM
Industry scandals have resulted in calls for greater transparency.Posted by: zack | December 18, 2006 6:09 PM
YOU SUCK!