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Closeup of suckers and teeth rings on the tentacles of Humboldt (Jumbo) squid (Dosidicus gigas), Gulf of California, Baja California, Mexico, North America
Buccal cavity (mouth) and tentacles of Humboldt (Jumbo) squid (Dosidicus gigas), Gulf of California, Baja California, Mexico, North America
View showing the suckers on a day octopus (Octopus cyanea), Hawaii, United States of America, Pacific, North America
An adult day or Cyanea octopus (Octopus cyanea) changing color and texture in the marine preserve at Honolua Bay on the northwest side of Maui, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean
An adult day or Cyanea octopus (Octopus cyanea) changing color and texture in the marine preserve at Honolua Bay on the northwest side of Maui, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean
An adult day or Cyanea octopus (Octopus cyanea) changing color and texture in the marine preserve at Honolua Bay on the northwest side of Maui, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean
Close-up details (note skin chromatophores and suckers on arm) from a dissection of a Humbolt Squid (Dosidicus gigas) in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.
An adult day or Cyanea octopus (Octopus cyanea) changing color and texture in the marine preserve at Honolua Bay on the northwest side of Maui, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean
An adult day or Cyanea octopus (Octopus cyanea) changing color and texture in the marine preserve at Honolua Bay on the northwest side of Maui, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean
An adult day or Cyanea octopus (Octopus cyanea) changing color and texture in the marine preserve at Honolua Bay on the northwest side of Maui, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean
An adult day or Cyanea octopus (Octopus cyanea) changing color and texture in the marine preserve at Honolua Bay on the northwest side of Maui, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean
An adult day or Cyanea octopus (Octopus cyanea) changing color and texture in the marine preserve at Honolua Bay on the northwest side of Maui, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean
Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) stranded with visible round marks left by squid prey as they use the suckers on their tentacles to aviod being swallowed. Ionian Sea, Greece.
Suckers of Giant Pacific octopus or North Pacific giant octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini), Japan Sea, Primorsky Krai, Russian Federation
Pumpjack in a field with the foothills and snow-covered Rocky mountains in the background; Alberta, Canada
Pumpjack in a field with the foothills and snow-covered Rocky mountains in the background; Alberta, Canada
Portrait of a pair of river otters (Lutra canadensis) pause near an ice-fishing hole on an Anchorage area lake. Members of the weasel family, otters catch and eat trout, suckers and other fish, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America
Portrait of a river otter (Lutra canadensis) lying down near an ice-fishing hole on an Anchorage area lake. Members of the weasel family, otters catch and eat trout, suckers and other fish, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America
Diver viewing a female Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) pushing an egg into the finger coral where it will hatch in four to six weeks, Philippines
Both a Crinoid Commensal Shrimp (Periclimenes cornutus) and a Crinoid Squat Lobster (Allogalathea elegans) on a crinoid. These tiny crustaceans are commensal on crinoids or feather stars and take their color from the host, Philippines
Detail of the center branching arms of a Crinoid or Feather Star (Lamprometra klunzingeri) open and feeding on plankton at night, Philippines
Japanese Flying Squid (Todarodes pacificus), also knows as a Japanese common squid, in black water. This image was captured a mile off the island of Yap at night with the bottom 1000+ feet below. Hundreds of these squid passed by very quickly. This one paused just briefly for a portrait. It is one of the most abundant of the commercially valuable squid in the world, Yap, Micronesia
Hawaii, Day octopus (Octopus cyanea) The tentacles and suckers are visible on this eight armed cephalopod.
Cautious and curious at the same time, this day octopus (Octopus cyanea) keeps a close eye on the diver, Hawaii, United States of America
Mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus), Philippines. Some believe that this octopus intentionally mimics the appearance of other animals as a form of camouflage, Philippines
This larval stage of a long arm octopus, Octopus sp. is no more that five inches across (as pictured) and was photographed at night in midwater several miles off the Kona Coast during a blackwater dive, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States of America
This juvenile Orange-fin anemonefish (Amphiprion chrysopterus) is pictured hiding in a beaded anemone (Heteractis aurora), Philippines