Articles by Steve O'Shea
An analysis of the size of the largest cephalopods: Architeuthis and Mesonychoteuthis
Authored by Dr. Steve O'Shea and Dr. Kat Bolstad
Steve and Kat are members of the TONMO staff. You can communicate with them both in our Cephalopod Science forums.
INTRODUCTION TO FACT SHEETS
To ensure...
- Contributing Authors
- Dr. Steve O'Shea, Dr. Kat Bolstad
- Original publish date
- Apr 6, 2008
Architeuthis (Giant Squid) reproduction, with notes on basic anatomy and behavior
By Dr. Steve O'Shea
Last updated: 03/28/03
Note: Steve welcomes discussion in the Physiology & Biology forum.
Architeuthis (Fig. 1, left) is basically an eating and breeding machine. A look inside the cut-open...
- Original publish date
- Mar 28, 2003
A Guide to Frequently Used Characters, Character States and Measures
Last updated: 11/27/02
Frequently cited anatomical characters, structures, organ systems, measures and ratios employed in descriptions of cirrate and incirrate octopods are depicted in figures 1-6:
Figure 1 (click image...
- Original publish date
- Nov 27, 2002
A guide for marine biologists studying giant squid
By Dr. Steve O'Shea
Auckland University of Technology, Earth and Oceanic Sciences Research Institute, Private Bag 92 006, Auckland, New Zealand.
Note: Steve welcomes discussion in TONMO's Architeuthidae forum.
Architeuthis is a leviathan...
- Original publish date
- Mar 30, 2003
By Steve O'Shea
Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand
June 10, 2003
Introduction
The following is a basic step-by-step rundown of squid-handling procedures (from receiving the specimen to preserving it) that I have found effective for fixing giant cephalopods, particularly...
- Original publish date
- Jun 11, 2019
The giant octopus Haliphron atlanticus (Mollusca: Octopoda) in New Zealand waters
DISCLAIMER
Steve's made available a copy of his manuscript on the giant gelatinous octopus (Haliphron atlanticus) from New Zealand for anyone to read and comment on if they are so inclined. He's done this as a...
- Original publish date
- Mar 8, 2003
Map: Larval Architeuthis Distribution Off New Zealand (1985-2000)
Map and Architeuthis photo provided by Dr. Steve O'Shea
Don't miss Dr. O'Shea's article on Architeuthis Reproduction, or the Giant and Colossal Squid Fact Sheet.
- Original publish date
- Mar 26, 2003
You can read posts from Dr. O'Shea in our Cephalopod Science Forums.
My interests are many, but my love for the sea is the strongest and started way back when I was 4 (a couple of years ago). We lived right on Onetangi Beach, Waiheke Island, out in the Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand...
- Original publish date
- Mar 18, 2004
Gut contents of a giant squid Architeuthis dux (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida) from New Zealand waters
By Dr. Steve O'Shea and Dr. Kat Bolstad (Tintenfisch)
Authored: May 2, 2003 / Posted: Jan. 2, 2006
Note: Steve and Kat welcome discussion in TONMO.com's Physiology & Biology forum.
K. S. BOLSTAD...
- Contributing Authors
- Dr. Kat Bolstead
- Original publish date
- May 3, 2003
By Dr. Steve O'Shea
Note: Steve welcomes discussion in TONMO.com's Opisthoteuthidae forum.
S. O'SHEA
Earth and Oceanic Sciences Research Institute
Auckland University of Technology
Private Bag 92 006
Auckland, New Zealand
The most often-cited distinction between a squid and an octopus is in...
- Original publish date
- Mar 15, 2003
By Dr. Steve O'Shea
Note: Steve welcomes discussion in TONMO's Architeuthidae forum.
S. O'SHEA
Earth and Oceanic Sciences Research Institute
Auckland University of Technology
Private Bag 92 006
Auckland, New Zealand
ARCHITEUTHIS BUOYANCY AND FEEDING
Here we present a little scientific...
- Original publish date
- Mar 15, 2003
(Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae)
with comments on egg-mass susceptibility to damage by fisheries trawl
New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 2004, Vol. 31: 161–166
0301–4223/04/3102–0161 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2004
Z03030; Online publication date 12 May 2004 Received 24 July 2003...
- Contributing Authors
- Dr. Steve O'Shea, Dr. Kat Bolstad
- Original publish date
- May 12, 2004