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Argonaut: Paper Nautilus
Catalina Island, California USA

Argonaut: Paper Nautilus
Catalina Island, California USA

Loligo opalescens, Market Squid
La Jolla Shores, California

Maturing octopus eggs; close up of eyes and developing chromatophores.
Merry Passage comments, "When the eyes face the attached end of the egg case, it means the little guys have turned 180 degrees and are about to hatch. If the eyes and yolk sac are at the distal end, they still have to finish developing."
Barge, Redondo Beach, California

Maturing octopus eggs
Comment from Merry Passage:
The [embryonic] octos turn 180 degrees so that Hoyle's Organ (hatching organ on mantle) is pressed against the chorion [egg case]. Enzymes from the organ dissolve the membrane and the little fellas pulse their way out.
Barge, Redondo Beach, California

Mother octo, guarding eggs.
Redondo Barge, California USA

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