How do you get two dead Giant Squid the size of a school bus from a fishing boat in Spain to a museum in Washington, DC, USA? Call in the Navy! Find out how Operation Calamari unfolded and how the museum managed to put their new Giant Squid on display. Photo Credit: Glenn Rankin, Smithsonian Institution Download a transcript of this podcastread moreDuration: 3:33Published: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:59:18 +0000
Description: Piglet squid swimming and inking Item Type: Video Title: Piglet squid from Cieba field Equatorial Guinea Species: Helicocranchia Site: Atlantic -- Northern Tropical Atlantic Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 79 Latitude: 1 deg 30' 00" N Longitude: 9 deg 30' 00" E Countries: West Africa -- Equatorial Guinea Rig: Pacific Vigilance Project Partners: Subsea 7 ROV: rov CE19 Deposited By: Dr Daniel Jones Deposited On: 19 July 2011
Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas)A Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas) dashing in front of the ROV camera. This photo was taken at a depth of -481.8 meters in Sur Canyon as a part of a deep-sea coral expedition conducted by NMFS aboard the R/V Shimida in December, 2010.From SIMoN
Cephalopode Transparent : Grimalditeuthis Richardi. Le Transparence de ces mollusques est si parfaite qu'il devient parfois difficile de deisinguer l'ensemble de leur corps; en revanche, elle permet de faire de curieuses observations sur les fonctions de certains de leur organes