Cephalopoda

Giant Cuttlefish

Sepia apama
Scale 6 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda

8 POINTS

Play: The Giant Cuttlefish has a MOVE of 2.
Fact: Using cells known as chromatophores, the cuttlefish can put on spectacular displays, changing color in an instant.

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Graphic by David Orrwww.davidorogenic.com
Photo by berichardcommons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sepia_apama_2.jpg
Sepia apama, also known as the giant cuttlefish and Australian giant cuttlefish,[2] is the world’s largestcuttlefish species, growing to 50 cm in mantle length and over 10.5 kg (23 lb) in weight.[3] Using cells known as chromatophores, the cuttlefish can put on spectacular displays, changing color in an instant. S. apama is native to the southern coast of […] read more

Octopus

Octopus genus
Scale 7 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda

9 POINTS

Play: An octopus has a MOVE of 2.
Fact: Darwin collected many samples along the coast of the Cape Verde Islands, and commented: “I took several specimens of an Octopus, which possessed a most marvellous power of changing its colours; equalling any chamaelion.”

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Graphic by Simon Gurrwww.gurrillustration.com/
Photo by Albert Kokcommons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Octo2.jpg
An octopus (/ˈɒktəpʊs/ or /ˈɒktəpəs/; plural: octopuses, octopi, or octopodes; see below) is a cephalopod mollusc of the order Octopoda. It has two eyes and four pairs of arms and, like other cephalopods, it is bilaterally symmetric. An octopus has a hard beak, with its mouth at the center point of the arms. An octopus […] read more

Common Octopus

Octopus vulgaris
Scale 7 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda

8 POINTS

Play: The Common Octopus has a MOVE of 2.
Fact: The Common Octopus is able to colour blend with its surroundings.

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Graphic by James Sowerby (1806)
The common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) is the most studied of all octopus species. O. vulgaris is considered cosmopolitan. Global[1] in its range in the eastern Atlantic extends from theMediterranean Sea and the southern coast of England to at least Senegal in Africa. It also occurs off theAzores, Canary Islands, and Cape Verde Islands.[2] The species […] read more

Ammonite

Ammonoidea subclass
Scale 7 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 2
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Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda

EXTINCT | 3 POINTS

Play: MOVE of 2.
Despite their large shells that could grow up to 7 feet across, these predatory, squid-like shellfish were capable of swimming.

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Graphic by M.Shanley/AMNHwww.amnh.org/
Ammonites /ˈæmənaɪts/ are an extinct group of marine invertebrate animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the classCephalopoda. These molluscs are more closely related to living coleoids (i.e. octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish) than they are to shelled nautiloids such as the living Nautilus species. The earliest ammonites appear during the Devonian, and the last species died […] read more

Bigfin reef squid

Sepioteuthis lessoniana
Scale 6 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda

8 POINTS

• Sepioteuthis lessoniana has a MOVE of 2. • Sepioteuthis lessoniana can only prey on compatible crustacea and actinopterygii SPECIES with a SCALE of 4 or higher.

 

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Graphic by Joe Klocjoekloc.com
Sepioteuthis lessoniana, commonly known as the bigfin reef squid or oval squid, is a commercially important species ofloliginid squid. It is one of the three currently recognized species belonging to the genus Sepioteuthis. Studies in 1993, however, have indicated that bigfin reef squids may comprise a cryptic species complex. The species is likely to include […] read more

Greater Blue-ringed Octopus

Hapalochlaena lunulata
Scale 5 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda

9 POINTS

•Hapalochlaena lunulata has a MOVE of 2.

• Hapalochlaena lunulata has brilliant blue rings which darken and glow when it is angry.

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Graphic by Steve Millerwww.torchbearerstudios.com/
Photo by Angell Williamswww.flickr.com/photos/53357045@N02/
The Greater Blue-ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) is one of three (or perhaps four) species of blue-ringed octopuses. Unlike its southern brethren, the Blue-lined and Southern Blue-ringed octopuses that are found only in Australian waters, the range of the Greater Blue-ringed Octopus spans the tropical western Pacific Ocean. The blue-ringed octopuses (genus Hapalochlaena) are three (or perhaps four) octopus […] read more