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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · Aug 19

Clearly amazing appearance around 888m in #MarDelPlataCanyon: Amphitretus sp. This telescope octopus has adapted to live in a place where there is nowhere to hide but in plain sight. Deep gratitude to @autsquidsquad.bsky.social for species ID. Description on Insta: www.instagram.com/reel/DNittGh...

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · Jul 26

Graneledone. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 812 #MarDelPlataCanyon #MarineLife

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Dr Thom @thomaslinley.com · Jul 18

Me and @autsquidsquad.bsky.social have been annotating @schmidtocean.bsky.social #Antarctic footage today and it may have driven us a little.... Strange.

#soundon
#Cephalopods #octopus #antarctica

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Ligus @greyauk.bsky.social · Jul 17

quick test print 🐡 ...
have to do some corrections

snailfish lino print with the words
Protect the deep sea

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AUT Squid Squad @autsquidsquad.bsky.social · Jul 16

And a teensy glass squid (cranchiid), Liocranchia
#SQXmas2025

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AUT Squid Squad @autsquidsquad.bsky.social · Jul 16

#SQXmas2025 continues. On the larger end of the scale, a hefty warty hooked squid, Onykia sp.

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AUT Squid Squad @autsquidsquad.bsky.social · Jul 14

We've had a couple of cock-eyed or jeweled squid species (family Histioteuthidae); this is a nice H. macrohista, one of the more extreme examples of tiny mantle (yes, that's the whole thing!) compared to head & arms. See also distinctive long arm-tip photophores. #SQXmas2025

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AUT Squid Squad @autsquidsquad.bsky.social · Jul 14

This is a young Moroteuthopsis, a warty hooked squid (family Onychoteuthidae)

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AUT Squid Squad @autsquidsquad.bsky.social · Jul 14

This year's Squidmas samples are from sub-Antarctic waters. This is Galiteuthis, a 'glass' squid (Cranchiidae, same family the colossal squid). There are undescribed species in this genus so looking forward to genetic results! #SQXmas2025

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AUT Squid Squad @autsquidsquad.bsky.social · Jul 14

Day 1 of #SQXmas2025 started with this inspirational message

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AUT Squid Squad @autsquidsquad.bsky.social · Jul 13

Merry Squidmas Eve! Tomorrow we dive into the NIWA/Earth Sciences NZ freezers once again to discover what deep-sea cephs they've wrapped up for us. We've been very good this year so hoping for some exciting specimens! Stay tuned 🦑🐙🎁

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AUT Squid Squad @autsquidsquad.bsky.social · Jun 27

Glass squids including colossal are tougher than they look. Some of the transparent pelagic octos are really delicate but the squids are a little more robust.

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AUT Squid Squad @autsquidsquad.bsky.social · Apr 15

Young colossal squid footage!

theconversation.com/a-century-af...

A century after its discovery, scientists capture first confirmed footage of a colossal squid in the deep

The first confirmed footage of a juvenile colossal squid in its natural habitat shows a delicate and graceful animal – far from the “monster” narrative we see all too often.

theconversation.com

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Dr Thom @thomaslinley.com · Apr 15

#ColossalSquid has been filmed in its natural habitat for the first time!
Filmed in #Antarctica by @schmidtocean.bsky.social, we just had a press conference to share the news. @autsquidsquad.bsky.social provides the voiceover and context for the video. youtu.be/lzPoG9H8Hlo

@pure-ocean.bsky.social

Colossal Squid, 1st Live Observation | Searching for New Species in the South Sandwich Islands

YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · Apr 15

Dr Kat Bolstad (@autsquidsquad.bsky.social ) worked with glass squid expert Dr. Aaron Evans to help confirm this observation; she narrated this video. Read the full Schmidt Ocean Institute announcement here: schmidtocean.org/first-coloss...

First Confirmed Footage of a Colossal Squid—and it’s a Baby! - Schmidt Ocean Institute

One hundred years after its discovery, the colossal squid has been filmed alive in its environment for the first time by a team on board Schmidt Ocean Institute’s R/V Falkor (too) in waters off the So...

schmidtocean.org

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · Mar 19

Even squid love calamari. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 805 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · Mar 19

Idk what it is holding, but great shot of the tentacles! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 805 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · Mar 19

Fantastic images of this squid! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 805 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · Mar 19

Tiny little opisthoteuthis blinking. Thanks @jeffday.bsky.social for the ID! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 805 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · Mar 20

One last moroteuthopsis for the end of the Expedition. Next one starts in July. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 805 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife

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Dr Thom @thomaslinley.com · Mar 20

A huge thanks to #IntrepidTravel for having me and @autsquidsquad.bsky.social aboard to deploy our #ProjectESCA #squid lure in #Antartica.

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AUT Squid Squad @autsquidsquad.bsky.social · Mar 19

Likely Mastigoteuthis psychrophila

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · Mar 9

Is that a Mastigoteuthis? If so, I didn't expect to see that. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 803! #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · Mar 10

Cute little octo with leeches. Pareledone maybe. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 803 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · Mar 15

This little octo is having the day of its life!! All you can eat krill buffet for the win. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 804 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife

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Keishu Asada @cephwarden.bsky.social · Mar 18

A cyanea in the shallows. The video is from last summer. A lot of the corals seen here are now dead due to bleaching.

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