Trying to clear up some confusion: What exactly are cephalopods?

[Animal Mother]

50-75 gallons is ideal for most common species.

 

[Octavarium]

Cephs are the coolest guys in the ocean

 

[gholland]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12152211#post12152211 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Octavarium
Cephs are the coolest guys in the ocean

Or an aquarium! Although they share that #1 spot with stomatopods in my book.

Seems like it wouldn't be too hard to add (octopus/squid/cuttlefish) to the forum title though.

 

[Thales]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=4230448#post4230448 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Key Of David
FYI the folks at GARF have been keeping rare nautilus with success. You may want to give their website a looksee.

This comes up from time to time, but I am unable to find any actual info on it, except references to something that happened in 1978 IIRC. If you could provide a link, I would love to read more.

Thanks

RR

 

[jdieck]

If the word cephalopod means something like head at the center or radiated from the head, will a starfish be a cephalopod

 

[Thales]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12439837#post12439837 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jdieck
If the word cephalopod means something like head at the center or radiated from the head, will a starfish be a cephalopod

Indeed!

 

[KarlBob]

Cephalo - Head
Pod - Foot

Thus, the Headfeet!

 

[chronicent]

This is a very useful post for the newbies... very descriptive.. thanks mate.

 

[shrimphead]

don't snails count as cephalopods or is that what cephalopods evolved from

 

[kmk2307]

Snails and slugs are in a different class of Mollusca, Gastropoda. No one really knows how the 8 major lineages (classes) of molluscs are related to each other but figuring it out using DNA sequence data is my Ph.D. dissertation research project.

 

[Corygirl]

This is a very useful post for the newbies... very descriptive.. thanks mate.

I am a newbie and I totally agree with you. I didn't know what the forum was about so curiosity took over and I learned alot. Thank you for posting!

 

[SantaMonica]

Might the pics on the first post be fixed?

 

[cangrejo]

Very informative. I thought everything with the word Pod at the end was the same

 

[Talf]

Hello I recently saw cuttlefish eggs for sale at my lfs and there scientific name was sepia officinalis and I was wondering what the min tank size for one would be

 

[Thales]

Very doubtful there were actually S. officinalis, and most likely they are S. bandensis. S. officinalis get very large 30 cm + and require 70 degree water. However, they are prolly S. bandensis which are tropical and get max 4 inches please do some serious research before purchasing because they are not simple to raise from eggs.

 

[Noah 123]

This is a very useful post for the newbies... very descriptive.. thanks mate.

Are you Australian?