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Story: Octopus and squid

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Head-footed animals

  3. Life history

  4. Feeding and predation

  5. Octopus in New Zealand

  6. Squid in New Zealand

  7. Squid fishing

  8. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Head-footed animals

Living and extinct cephalopods

Living and extinct cephalopods

Octopus movement

Octopus movement

Camouflaged midget octopus

Camouflaged midget octopus

Octopus at Pōrangahau

Octopus at Pōrangahau

From page 2 - Life history

The hooks of a male scaled squid

The hooks of a male scaled squid

Hatching octopus

Hatching octopus

Octopus tending her eggs

Octopus tending her eggs

Squid eggs

Squid eggs

From page 3 - Feeding and predation

Octopus suckers

Octopus suckers

Squid suckers

Squid suckers (1st of 2)

Colossal squid tentacles

Colossal squid tentacles (2nd of 2)

Historical account of a giant squid

Historical account of a giant squid

From page 4 - Octopus in New Zealand

Finned octopus

Finned octopus

Paper nautilus egg case

Paper nautilus egg case (1st of 2)

Preserved paper nautilus

Preserved paper nautilus (2nd of 2)

Inspecting a gelatinous octopus

Inspecting a gelatinous octopus

Kupe fighting Te Wheke-o-Muturangi

Kupe fighting Te Wheke-o-Muturangi

From page 5 - Squid in New Zealand

Vampire squid logo

Vampire squid logo

Ram’s horn squid

Ram’s horn squid (1st of 2)

Ram’s horn shells

Ram’s horn shells (2nd of 2)

Thomas Kirk with a giant squid

Thomas Kirk with a giant squid

Juvenile giant squid

Juvenile giant squid

Colossal squid

Colossal squid (1st of 2)

Arrow, giant and colossal squid

Arrow, giant and colossal squid (2nd of 2)

From page 6 - Squid fishing

Japanese squid boats

Japanese squid boats

Squid products

Squid products

How to cite this page:

Maggy Wassilieff and Steve O’Shea, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/octopus-and-squid/media (accessed 24 March 2023)

Story by Maggy Wassilieff and Steve O’Shea, published 12 Jun 2006

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