Cephalopod

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Cephalopod

Layer Info
Category	Ecology
Sub-category	Other

Description

Cephalopod is a group of animals such as squid and octopus whose tentacles converge at the head; a group of mollusks which have a tubular siphon under the head and a group of muscular suckered arms around the mouth (fishbase, n.d.).

There are over 800 species of cephalopod. They can be found in all the oceans of Earth occupying most of the depth of the ocean, from the abyssal plains to the sea surface (wikipedia, n.d.)

Sources:

https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalopod

Not applicable. This layer is not available in the MSP Challenge North Sea Edition.

Not applicable. This layer is not available in the MSP Challenge Baltic Sea Edition.

Not applicable. This layer is not available in the MSP Challenge Clyde Marine Region Edition.

Not applicable. This layer is not available in the MSP Challenge Adriatic Sea Edition.

Types

• Very Low Density
• Low Density
• Medium Density
• High Density
• Very High Density

Metadata

Data Source

Cephalopod is a month-by-month, computer generated data layer following calculations made by the ecosystem simulation (EwE). The simplified EwE Eastern Mediterranean model was adjusted for use in the MSP Challenge by Eyal Ofir.

For more information on how Ecopath-with-Ecosim (EwE) works, please visit our Wiki page or visit the official EwE website at https://ecopath.org.