Friday Cephalopod: a glass squid

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Cranchia scabra

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

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At least book memes are easy for me.
This really is an excellent review of three books in the field of evo-devo—
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Hm, transparent outer layer (skin?). That's certainly odd. Are the floaty things inside it organs? In particular, I see it has eyes. Where's the rest of its nervous system?

Through a glass, squidly...
See food?
OK, I'll go...

It looks like a lightbulb.

I sure hope I don't see one in my glass this friday night...

By Torbjörn Larsson (not verified) on 04 Aug 2006 #permalink

Is the glass squid half empty, half full or too big?

pelagic/planktivorous, I'm guessing?

PZ,

Your Friday Cephalopods inspired me to purchase Mark Norman's book. Having read it, it's got me to wondering: is the Flying Spaghetti Monster a cephalopod? I mean if you stripped the skin off a Football Octopus it might look much like the FSM (but with the the meatballs arranged longitudinally rather than transversally).