Cephalopod ink is a dark-coloured or luminous ink released into water by most species of cephalopod, usually as an escape mechanism. All cephalopods, with...
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An ink sac is an anatomical feature that is found in many cephalopod mollusks used to produce the defensive cephalopod ink. With the exception of nocturnal...
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foot. Fishers sometimes call cephalopods "inkfish", referring to their common ability to squirt ink. The study of cephalopods is a branch of malacology known...
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with ink and a sharp pointed needle was common in early South India. Several Buddhist and Jain sutras in India were compiled in ink. Cephalopod ink, known...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sepia (color). List of colors Cephalopod ink The color displayed in the color box above matches the colour called...
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Common cuttlefish (category Cephalopods described in 1758)
424–432. doi:10.1016/j.lwt.2008.05.010. Derby, Charles D. (2014-05-12). "Cephalopod Ink: Production, Chemistry, Functions and Applications". Marine Drugs. 12...
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substance. For example, an octopus may emit a puff of atrament (see cephalopod ink).[citation needed] In ancient Rome, the term atramentum signified any...
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Cuttlefish (category Cenozoic cephalopods)
most other mollusks, cephalopods like cuttlefish have a closed circulatory system. Like other marine mollusks, cuttlefish have ink stores that are used...
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naturally dark color. The traditional recipe for this dish calls for squid ink, cuttlefish or squid, white rice, garlic, green cubanelle peppers, sweet...
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Squid (category Cenozoic cephalopods)
called squid despite not strictly fitting these criteria). Like all other cephalopods, squid have a distinct head, bilateral symmetry, and a mantle. They are...
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Ammonoidea (category Cephalopods described in 1884)
Ammonoids are extinct, (typically) coiled-shelled cephalopods comprising the subclass Ammonoidea. They are more closely related to living octopuses, squid...
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Inking may refer to: Inking (attack), act of throwing ink on other person Inking, a defensive activity of certain cephalopods and sea hares Inking (comic...
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station, Fife, Scotland INK (operating system), a Linux-derivative operating system Cephalopod ink, a secretion of cephalopods such as octopus, squid and...
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Cephalopods, which include squids and octopuses, vary enormously in size. The smallest are only about 1 centimetre (0.39 in) long and weigh less than...
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water by most species of cephalopod Iron gall ink, a purple-black or brown-black ink White Ink, Black Ink, album by Wheat Black Ink Collective, a former British...
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various organisms. A form of melanin makes up the ink used by many cephalopods (see cephalopod ink) as a defense mechanism against predators. Melanins...
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gland produces mucus as well as biologically active compounds. The cephalopod ink sac is a modified hypobranchial gland. Gastropods The hypobranchial...
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All extant cephalopods have a two-part beak, or rostrum, situated in the buccal mass and surrounded by the muscular head appendages. The dorsal (upper)...
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Cephalopod attacks on humans have been reported since ancient times. A significant portion of these attacks are questionable or unverifiable tabloid stories...
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Sepioloidea lineolata (category Cephalopods described in 1832)
is its inking behavior. The ink that cephalopods produce is made of secretions from two different glands that is colored by melanin. The ink that is...
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Coleoidea (redirect from Soft-bodied cephalopods)
Late Carboniferous Coleoid Cephalopod from the Mazon Creek Lagerstätte (USA) with a radula, arm hooks, mantle tissues, and ink". In Landman, Neil H.; Davis...
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The cephalopods have a long geological history, with the first nautiloids found in late Cambrian strata. The class developed during the middle Cambrian...
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Phagomimicry (section Ink gland)
with a density of 1.27 cm-3, which allows for the inks suspension in water . cuttlefish cephalopod ink Kicklighter, Cynthia E.; Shabani, Shkelzen; Johnson...
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Kraken (category Mythological cephalopods)
legendary sea monster of enormous size, per its etymology something akin to a cephalopod, said to appear in the sea between Norway and Iceland. It is believed...
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squid) and rice dish very similar to seafood paella. It is made with cephalopod ink, cuttlefish or squid, rice, garlic, green cubanelle peppers, sweet paprika...
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Cephalopods, usually specifically octopuses, squids, nautiluses and cuttlefishes, are most commonly represented in popular culture in the Western world...
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Vampire squid (category Cephalopods described in 1903)
(Vampyroteuthis infernalis, lit. 'vampire squid from hell') is a small cephalopod found throughout temperate and tropical oceans in extreme deep sea conditions...
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Nautiloid (category Paleozoic cephalopods)
Nautiloids are a group of marine cephalopods (Mollusca) which originated in the Late Cambrian and are represented today by the living Nautilus and Allonautilus...
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Giant cuttlefish (category Cephalopods of Australia)
November 2011. Alison King The Colourful World of Cephalopods - Cephalopod body patterning II. The Cephalopod Page. Hanlon, R.T. 2008. Australian Giant Cuttlefish...
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