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Molluscs
Mollusc Videos
Animation
Behavior
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Lesson Plan
Phylum Mollusca: Macroevolution ModuleThrough a sequence of “explore-before-explain” laboratory investigations, coupled with segments from the Shape of Life videos, students study molluscs in the present and their long evolutionary history.Full Lesson Plan
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Factsheet
Molluscs: Beauty and DiversityThe diversity of molluscs shows how a fleshy soft body plan can evolve into a variety of forms.Download Factsheet
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Reading
Molluscs: Armor and Speed, the Survival Game"As the tide rises, the closed molluscs opens a fraction to the ocean's food, bathed in its riches. Do not ask what force would do, or if force could. A knife is no use against a fortress."Download Reading
Features
Creature
Colossal Squid
This giant squid weighs approximately 800 – 1100 pounds and is almost 5 feet long. WOW! That’s a HUGE invertebrate.
Colossal Squid
This giant squid weighs approximately 800 – 1100 pounds and is almost 5 feet long. WOW! That’s a HUGE invertebrate.
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Scientist
Dr. Kat Bolstad, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Auckland, NZ
It was as a volunteer at the New England Aquarium where Kat fell deeply in love with the giant pacific octopus. Thereafter, cephalopods became Kat’s passion.
Dr. Kat Bolstad, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Auckland, NZ
It was as a volunteer at the New England Aquarium where Kat fell deeply in love with the giant pacific octopus. Thereafter, cephalopods became Kat’s passion.
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Did You Know?
Ocean Acidification and Cephalopods
Blurb: Squid are very intelligent visual hunters, acidic oceans due to climate change ensures a bleak future for these creatures. Humans have the capacity to curb carbon emissions.
Ocean Acidification and Cephalopods
Blurb: Squid are very intelligent visual hunters, acidic oceans due to climate change ensures a bleak future for these creatures. Humans have the capacity to curb carbon emissions.
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Shape of Life Blog
Cephalopod Ink
Cephalopods use ink to avoid predation: they ink and jet away under cover of the ink, creating a “smoke screen.” This move is often followed by unpredictable escape moves.
Cephalopod Ink
Cephalopods use ink to avoid predation: they ink and jet away under cover of the ink, creating a “smoke screen.” This move is often followed by unpredictable escape moves.
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