Itty bitty squiddies! Pygmy Squids (order Idiosepida) are among of the smallest cephalopods, with no species exceeding 25 mm in length. Despite their name and appearance, they aren't considered true squids (but I think pygmy squid is much catchier than idiosepiid)

when my cloning works on the fifth try

You guys put it in the bracket so at some point it must’ve been squid enough for you 😤 I don’t need this disrespect on the vampire squid’s name.

Again on my small squid supremacy lean but honestly the reef squid are just beautiful. I wish I was her. #squidtember #bestsquid

My #squidtember bracket picks with additional comments, art by Danna Staaf

Wow I really thought this one was gonna be closer. People really aren’t spending enough time looking at Brachioteuthis and that really is a shame.

Ok friends. #TeamPygmy will be in tomorrow's #BestSquid match and I need to tell you why pygmy squid are THE BEST. Specifically, this little sweetheart, Kodama jujutsu (photo credit Brandon Hannan) #Squidtember (1/n)

I need you to vote for Pygmy for me please 🥺 #Squidtember They are very important for our understanding of the ceph connectome (where all the neurons and their ends go) and we have samples coming of a whole body EM Pygmy squid soon 🦑

Closer one today, I’ll let you decide who is the #bestsquid for #squidtember. Both sound pretty cool to me :)

Final match up for round one and it is neck and neck! Get those votes in folks and it has been swapping all day! #bestsquid #squidtember

Was having a drink with a developmental biologist and I said, "oh yeah you're a cell biologist? name every cell then hahah" and he looked at me dead serious and told me that every cell in C. elegans has a name

Me when someone goes to take a picture of me and I panic and do a peace sign.

Today’s #Squidtember #BestSquid competitors couldn’t be more different. Pygmy squid are, as I like to call them, the post it notes of the sea for their ability to secrete underwater glue! Magnapinna are both eldritch nightmares & babygirls. Long and spooky. Belovéd. VOTE!

Please review this impartial thread of why pygmy squid are #BestSquid and then vote in today's poll #Squidtember 🤏🦑

You can vote for the world's tiniest cephalopod in #BestSquid today 🥹: x.com/sarahmackattac… #TeamPygmy #Squidtember

Guys please for all that is good and just in this world vote for the Pygmy squid. And then make your friends and family vote for it too. 🥺 #squidtember #teamPygmy

Worked on my #squidtember themed #socktober project during the #NGBS2024 this week at the MRC LMB. Had some very interesting speakers and ideas!