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Friday Cephalopod: Three phyla

Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
Posted on: September 5, 2008 9:16 AM, by PZ Myers

Argonauta hians, hitchhiking

Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide ^{(amzn/b&n/abe/pwll)}, by Mark Norman.

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Posted by: Sili | September 5, 2008 9:19 AM

I hereby claim this thread for the Kingdom of Open.

Religion that works.

Posted by: Beth B | September 5, 2008 9:29 AM

Nonsense: that's just three *kinds*.

Posted by: Todd | September 5, 2008 9:36 AM

Awesome. My three favorite phyla all in one shot.

Posted by: Runolfr | September 5, 2008 9:42 AM

Unrelated to cephalopodia, but I think this cartoon (http://dieselsweeties.com/archive/2097) is one that you would appreciate in this campaign season.

Posted by: Christopher Waldrop | September 5, 2008 11:01 AM

Pardon my ignorance, but is the cephalopod in the picture the type commonly called a "paper nautilus"? I've always been fascinated just by the name but I've never seen a really good picture of one of them. And although this is a beautiful shot it still leaves me wanting more.

Posted by: Holbach | September 5, 2008 11:17 AM

Brought to you by the wonders of evolution for our still enjoyment and amazement! We used to look like that in our early stages, didn't we?

Posted by: Justin H. | September 5, 2008 11:23 AM

Goldurn deadbeat cephalopods need to start pulling themselves up by their tentacle-straps.

Posted by: David Marjanović, OM | September 5, 2008 11:40 AM

We used to look like that in our early stages, didn't we?

No. We never had a bell or a shell, and we had much bigger, heavier scales than the fish in the photo, among other things.

Posted by: Holbach | September 5, 2008 11:56 AM

David Marjanovic, OM @ 8

Whew; just checking! Maybe that was the precursor of fundies?

#10

Posted by: azqaz | September 5, 2008 12:29 PM

@Beth B

No, that is one Kind. "So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth". So there are 5 kinds. Fish, fowl, beasts, creepy things, and men. Yay. We is special. We is our own Kind. ;)

#11

Posted by: Sven DiMilo | September 5, 2008 12:37 PM

Christopher (@#5): It's an octopus that's called a "paper nautilus"

#12

Posted by: Christopher Waldrop | September 5, 2008 2:22 PM

Thanks, Sven. I still would like to see more pictures. Obviously what I need to do is scrap my job as a librarian and pursue a career in marine biology instead.