Cephalopod video: Histioteuthis sp. (prob. H. reversa)
Description:
Dive # JSLII 2264. Drifting near bottom in characteristic posture, trailing strands of mucous. From: Vecchione, Michael. 2001. Cephalopods of the continental slope east of the United States. In: Sedberry, C. (ed.), Island in the Stream: oceanography and fisheries of the Charleston Bump, American Fisheries Society. Online abstract: http://invertebrates.si.edu/cephs/v01/v01.html To see other cephalopod videos: http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?fq=online_media_type%3A%22Video+recordings%22&q=&fq=tax_class:%22Cephalopoda%22 [taxonomy:binomial=Histioteuthis sp.]