SUY March 2020 - Cephalopoda : octopusses, squids etc

New acquisitions:

Safari LTD giant squid:
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Safari LTD Good Luck Minis octopus:
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Both together with Ikimon/Kitan Club colossal squid:
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My 2002 Octopus from Toy Major.

Nice octopus

Newcomer:

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All my cephalopods:
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You need more

Agree! But there are very few enough small for my scale range preferences

Too big !!!!!!!! 

Nice addition Isidro 

Beautiful first picture with the giant squid!

newcomer by T.M.

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Thanks

My cephalopods. Note: I've photoshopped my eikoh octopus and favorite co reef squid as I forgot to include them and I wasn't willing to retake just for the 2 of them[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Wonderful figures

Found only in the sea. There are both pelagic (free-swimming) and benthic (bottom-dwelling) species. There are currently about 30,000 known extinct species and 1,000 living species today.

I am very happy about this topic! I am a big fan of this group of animals. I hope there are not too many pictures in my post. Therefore, instead of many words, I would just like to start with the octopods of my collection:

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Now some comic-like figures.
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A fun fact by the way:
"Hank is an octopus. Actually, he’s a ‘septopus:’ he lost a tentacle — along with his sense of humor — somewhere along the way.  ...
The reason Hank only has seven tentacles is because his body and tentacle models were developed separately. When they tried to attach eight of them to his body, they found that only seven fit, so they simply left him with seven and just worked the missing limb into his backstory."
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And a few plush versions.
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The Decapodiformis:
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You can find such air-powered decorations made of polyresin in the aquarium accessories trade:
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Here follow the extinct Cephalopoda:
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And finally, some real-life beach finds:
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And then I have some photos of live animals:
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Find the squid:
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Now it should be easier!
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And finally the last picture (really). Now it becomes clear why cephalopods are called "blæksprutter" in Danish.
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That is EXTREMELY useful!!!!!! Especially the brand names over the figures and the view from above of several figures allowing a perfect comparison of sizes without perspective! Many thanks for that!!!!!!!! Best post in this thread ever!

Woow variety in these Figures..  

How wonderful. Soon a few questions.

Bravo magnificent collection and image!
It would be interesting to have the name of these species

Pardofelis wrote:

That is EXTREMELY useful!!!!!! Especially the brand names over the figures and the view from above of several figures allowing a perfect comparison of sizes without perspective! Many thanks for that!!!!!!!! Best post in this thread ever!

Thank you for the praise! But it's just a way to show figures. Maybe my photos are more "informal". But I also love the lovingly arranged pictures shown here !

widukind wrote:

How wonderful. Soon a few questions.

Questions are always welcome. However, sometimes the answer can take a while.

lucky luke wrote:

Bravo magnificent collection and image!          
It would be interesting to have the name of these species  

I will edit the pictures next week (I hope) and add the names where the species is known. I think "Octopus", "Squid" ... are trivial and not necessary.


Thank you for all the comments.

thomas-asa wrote:

Pardofelis wrote:

That is EXTREMELY useful!!!!!! Especially the brand names over the figures and the view from above of several figures allowing a perfect comparison of sizes without perspective! Many thanks for that!!!!!!!! Best post in this thread ever!

Thank you for the praise! But it's just a way to show figures. Maybe my photos are more "informal". But I also love the lovingly arranged pictures shown here !

widukind wrote:

How wonderful. Soon a few questions.

Questions are always welcome. However, sometimes the answer can take a while.

lucky luke wrote:

Bravo magnificent collection and image!          
It would be interesting to have the name of these species  

I will edit the pictures next week (I hope) and add the names where the species is known. I think "Octopus", "Squid" ... are trivial and not necessary.


Thank you for all the comments.

You just have the BIGGEST cephalopoda collection I have ever seen!!!!!

lucky luke wrote:

Bravo magnificent collection and image!          
It would be interesting to have the name of these species  

And here they are:
I have also added the scientific names, the series and the item number. I hope that the pictures have not become too confusing now.


I noticed a few more things during the revision:

Identification:
Sepiotheuthis lessoniana (DeAgostini):  same mold as Sepia apama (DeAgostini), too short and wide, should be slimmer
Sepiotheuthis lessoniana (Favorite)   :  looks totally different



Missing in TAI:
marked in the images (only the "good" one)


Incorrect in TAI:

• Safari Reef Squid No 266229 in headline is correct, in table 266129
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• Ammonite, brown: No 58400 in headline is correct, in table: 61400
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• Ammonite, white, yello: No 58401 in headline is correct, in table: 61401
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  and also the Trilobite: No 58404 in headline is correct, in table: 61404
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• CollectA Pleuroceras: No 88902 is missing
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• Opisthoteuthis california in TAI is Opisthoteuthis depressa (Booklet Colorata)
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• Yowies Serie 3 Blueringed-Octopus: Tag named it as Blue-Ringed Octopus/Hapalochaena fasciatus; but H. fasciatus = Blue-Lined Octopus
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• Schleich Octopus: TAI named Giant Octopu (is correct), but you find it under Common Octopus (same Maia&Borges, Mojo because same mold))
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• Schleich Mini Octopus 10095: in TTAI in company-sort, not in taxonomic sort
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• Bully Micro Octopus the same
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And this one is in TAI as Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis but I'm unable to see here any other species than Todarodes pacificus...

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newcomer Papo

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