Octopuses, squids, cuttlefishes and their relatives ("cephalopods") are some of the most "alien" creatures on earth.
They have complex behaviours and many are experts at spectacular colour and shape changes. They come in all shapes and sizes, from pygmy octopuses to giant squids measuring more than 15 metres long, and occur from shallow reefs to the deep sea.
This 320 page guide includes information and photographs of species from around the world as well as stories on their unique lives and bizarre habits.
Contents
• The living cephalopods
• Nautiluses
• Spirulida
 Ram's Horn Squid
• Sepiida
 Cuttlefishes
• Sepiolida
 Bobtail Squids
 Bottletail Squids
• Idiosepiida
 Pigmy Squids
• Teuthida
 Inshore and Calamari Squids
 Grass Squids
• Oegopsina
 Giant Squids
 Bathyteuthid Squids
 Comb-finned Squids
 Glass Squids
 Enope Squids
 Armhook Squids
 Jewel or Cock-eyed Squids
 Joubin's Squids
 Bigfin Squid
 Eight Arm Squids
 Whiplash Squids
 Chiroteuthid Squids
 Flying Squids
 Hooked Squids
 Fire Squids
 Rhomboid Squids
• Vampyromorpha
 Vampire Squid
• Octopoda
 Finned Deep Sea Octopuses
 Gelatinous Octopuses
 Telescope Octopus
 Glass Octopus
 Argonauts
 Football Octopus
 Blanket Octopus
 Seven Arm Octopuses
 Benthic Octopuses
 Unplaced species in the genus Octopus.
