Alive: Argonauta hians, Cavolinidae, Atlanta, Creseis - now with images

Hi all,

When cruising the south of Ormoc Bay, Visayas, Central Philippines, last week I met some fishermen that took a few samples of living Argonauta hians.

A search on google did not reveal any photos of living animals - a few museum pieces on alcohol only. These are possibly the first photographs of living A. hians.

You can enjoy them on:

http://www.poppe-images.com/lab/search_res...egory=Octopuses

Since a few months we developed special techniques to photograph pelagic critters.

You can watch Atlanta attacking Creseis:

http://www.poppe-images.com/images/search_...is%20acicula#fs

Or look at living Cavolinidae : they move as butterflies and are very hard to photograph in the wild:

http://www.poppe-images.com/images/search_...CAVOLINIIDAE#fs

Mabuhay,

Guido

Hi,

sounds interesting, but i can`t open a picture on your page!?

beo

I got an error message too...

I apologize - a technical glitch. The images are showing now. Let me know if some still have problems.

Philippe