cephalopodink
New
- Messages
- 3
- Reaction score
- 5
I'm looking for pictures of Octopus cyanea otherwise known as the big blue octopus or the Hawaiian day octopus. I need them for a research project I'm conducting for my Master's degree in Alaska looking at octopus body patterns.
If you know anyone that takes pictures of octopuses in the Indo-Pacific or Hawaii where they live I'd love to speak with them!
My project requires photographs and videos of Octopus cyanea. These images will be analyzed to answer questions about body pattern generation
here is an excerpt from my proposal:
"Octopus body patterns are used for camouflage and communication. Octopuses are able to change their body pattern though rapid neurally controlled polyphenism (able to express variable phenotypes). Body patterns are assembled from a variety of components, (spots, blotches, stripes) each component that makes up a pattern may or may not be independently expressed. Body patterns have been difficult to study because they are complex, rapidly changing, and not obviously stereotyped.Despite the lack of obvious stereotyping previous studies of body patterns do not usually quantitatively cover the variety of combinations of components that make up a pattern.Using photographs and videos captured during several feeding bouts of Octopus cyanea I will explore the relationship between components within a pattern. I will identify statistically robust clusters of components by body region and compare them to previously identified overall body patterns. This will provide future scientists with a useful taxanomic tool as well as provide insight into the plasticity of body patterns of Octopus cyanea."
I am looking for scuba divers and marine enthusiasts to provide me with additional data to analyze in the form of photos and videos. These images will be used for research only
More information can be found here: https://sites.google.com/site/bodypatternsofoctopuscyanea/home
.
If you know anyone that takes pictures of octopuses in the Indo-Pacific or Hawaii where they live I'd love to speak with them!
My project requires photographs and videos of Octopus cyanea. These images will be analyzed to answer questions about body pattern generation
here is an excerpt from my proposal:
"Octopus body patterns are used for camouflage and communication. Octopuses are able to change their body pattern though rapid neurally controlled polyphenism (able to express variable phenotypes). Body patterns are assembled from a variety of components, (spots, blotches, stripes) each component that makes up a pattern may or may not be independently expressed. Body patterns have been difficult to study because they are complex, rapidly changing, and not obviously stereotyped.Despite the lack of obvious stereotyping previous studies of body patterns do not usually quantitatively cover the variety of combinations of components that make up a pattern.Using photographs and videos captured during several feeding bouts of Octopus cyanea I will explore the relationship between components within a pattern. I will identify statistically robust clusters of components by body region and compare them to previously identified overall body patterns. This will provide future scientists with a useful taxanomic tool as well as provide insight into the plasticity of body patterns of Octopus cyanea."
I am looking for scuba divers and marine enthusiasts to provide me with additional data to analyze in the form of photos and videos. These images will be used for research only
More information can be found here: https://sites.google.com/site/bodypatternsofoctopuscyanea/home
.
