Sentences with phrase «cephalopods such»

A critter - packed night dive at Sapokreng was one of the highlights on this trip, where we found many species of cephalopods such as algae octopus, pygmy squid, and coconut octopus.

Here is a look at some of the fossil types Mary Anning discovers in Remarkable Creatures: Ammonites are distant relatives of modern - day cephalopods such as octopus, squid, or chambered nautilus, which they most resemble because of their whorled shell.

Not exact matches

Such jet power is a cumbersome way of getting around the seas, and most modern cephalopods have largely abandoned it.

At the time I was thinking about the way some cephalopods, such as the mimic octopus, can appear to morph into different objects.

This type of model could work for other fisheries — such as a squid fishery off the coast of South Africa — that are susceptible to the vagaries of currents, says Jean - Paul Robin, an expert on cephalopod fisheries at the University of Caen, France.

Cephalopods, such as squid and octopuses, and larger decapods, such as crabs and lobsters, are still protected — a good thing, says Festing, as some adult forms have been shown to experience suffering or pain.

Then they divided the cetaceans according to their dietary preferences: filter feeders, such as the blue whales, that gulp down huge quantities of krill; cephalopod specialists, such as sperm whales, that dive to great depths to feed on squid; and generalist fish eaters, such as bottlenose dolphins.

What's more, such extensive RNA editing seems to have helped to minimize changes in the cephalopod DNA over the eons that they have been around.

The biggest image - forming peepers belong to cephalopods — such as the Pacific Octopus with its grapefruit - sized eye or the Giant Squid with eyeballs bigger than basketballs.

Such RNA editing happens frequently in octopuses and other cephalopods and sometimes in humans (SN: 4/29/17, p. 6).

Plus, as the fishing industry captures more and more of the animals» predators, such as tuna, cephalopods may see their niche expand.

Aragonite - A calcium carbonate (limestone) mineral, used by shell - or skeleton - forming, calcifying organisms such as corals (warm - and coldwater corals), some macroalgae, pteropods (marine snails) and non-pteropod molluscs such as bivalves (e.g., clams, oysters), cephalopods (e.g., squids, octopuses).