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 ABOUTfeatured: 30 Best Snorkeling Blogs Fun Ways to enjoy the caribbeanJan 21, 10 Comments Off
 Spirula, Rams Horn Squid Good afternoon friends, I have a meeting at work early this afternoon so am getting this out early today. I had a friend ask about the Spirula Ram’s Horn Squid shells that we find here so today I got them all out and made a little tree out of them. Actually the tree is made from a dead sea fan I found washed ashore and the colorful base is a few of the beautiful colors of beach glass that we find near the house. Spirula is a species of deepwater squid-like cephalopod mollusk. It is the only extant member of the genus Spirula, the family Spirulidae, and the order Spirulida. It is commonly known as the ram’s horn squid or little post horn squid. Live specimens of this cephalopod are very rarely seen, because it is a deep ocean dweller. These shells your looking at act as a Buoyancy organ inside the body of the squid. The chambers are filled with gas which keeps the spirula in a vertical, head-down posture. The posterior also contains a light-emitting organ that can glow for hours at a time. Aimee and I find one or two of these almost every time we head to the North coast. They are very buoyant and fairly strong so the shells can drift out to sea for a long time until they finally end up on some beach waiting to be picked up and taken home.
It’s super windy here today and the waves are big, not a great day for being outside! I wish I had more for you all, need to get moving. Bye, Barry
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