Arcadio Rodaniche database
Welcome to the Arcadio Rodaniche Database, an open-access collection preserving and sharing the research legacy of Arcadio Rodaniche for anyone interested in cephalopods and their behavior.
This database brings together Rodaniche’s field notes from 1972 onward on the Caribbean reef squid, alongside his early papers on Octopus chierchiae and the larger Pacific striped octopus (a form he originally refers to as Octopus spilotus), and even his unpublished research on the giant cuttlefish.
You’ll also find his previously unpublished 1990 paper, carefully retyped to remove editorial comments while preserving the scientific content.
I created this database as a way to give back to the scientific community who helped me in the creation of this book. Without them contributing their stories and time to this work, ‘Octopus X’ wouldn’t be the book it is today. Thank you to all of you in the research community for your dedication and passion for the important research looking at the world around us.
The images and PDFs provided below are free to use with proper citation.
Please credit one of the following (depending):
Courtesy of Denice Rodaniche -for any files that aren’t field notes or official Smithsonian letters. All papers, paper drafts, newspaper clippings and more should fit in this category.
Smithsonian Institution Archives. Accession 01-096, Box 3, Folder: Photos, Cephalopods (Squids) (Folder 1 of 5) (Note: the folder number may). This is for any images of the Caribbean reef squid.
Smithsonian Institution Archives. Accession 01-096, Box 4, Folder: Photos, Cephalopods (Squids) (Folder 1 of 4). (Note: the folder number may).
Smithsonian Institution Archives. Accession 10-060, Box 5 (for all of Rodaniche’s work files like requests for more funding).
The goal of this database is to make Rodaniche’s work broadly available so others can build on it, advance our understanding, and carry his contributions forward. It’s also a way to give back to the research community that has been so generous in helping restore his legacy.
If you have any questions, please contact Kenna Hughes-Castleberry directly.
I have tried to order these by date as best as I can based on Denice’s timeline and when dates are included. Note that these dates may be incorrect:
1960s-chierchiae photo found in squid papers-archives (1)
1972-Dec-San blas notes Typed-mentions octo
1972-73-Panama bay notes-A.R. Typed
1973 Feb san blas typed notes-A.R.
1973-March san blas typed notes-A.R.
1973 May typed san blas notes-A.R.
1973 A.R. request for better funding
1980’s?-LPSO first draft-O spilotis
1980’s? A handwritten cuttlefish notes-misc
1980’s? A’s never published giant cuttlefish paper
1980’s? Cherchiae data sheet from A
1983 original iteroparity in cherchiae paper
1984-Iteroparity paper on chierchiae LPSO and unknown species
1990-AR original unpublished LPSO paper with original photos