The tolweb.org information mentioned that they are argonaut types but create rods instead of coiled shells.  Are the rods calcified?  Do they ever wash up onto beaches?


Allen Aigen
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From: Liz Shea <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Live and Stranded Large Cephalopoda - Florida - ID              help              appreciated
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:54:21 -0400

Hi Paul - I think all the images are of Tremoctopus, but I don't know what species.  See http://tolweb.org/Tremoctopus.

Cheers,
Liz Shea
DMNH/Wilmington, DE



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From: Conchologists List on behalf of Paul Mikkelsen
Sent: Tue 6/16/2009 12:11 AM
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Subject:      [CONCH-L] Live and Stranded Large Cephalopoda - Florida - ID help              appreciated

CONCH-L subscribers,
     Recently, a couple live, large Cephalopods have been videotaped in
shallow water off the central eastern coast of Florida (Jupiter and
Delray Beach areas).  Additionally, a Cephalopod was found stranded
(dead, beached) in the Delray Beach, Florida area.

Any assistance with identification is appreciated!
If help is offered, please be sure to specify which images are being
addressed, as we're not sure that all images are of the same species.

See:
    http://www.PaulMikkelsen.com/psm/mollusca/Cephalopoda/index.asp

Thanks,
Paul S. Mikkelsen
Fort Pierce, Forida USA

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