Determining inventory of cephalopod species in Ege University Faculty of Fisheries Museum (ESFM)

Within this study cephalapoda species in Ege University, Aquatic and Fisheries Engineering Faculty Museum were examined. Cephalapoda specimens obtained from scientific expeditions and studied between 1988-2015 are being preserved and displayed in ESFM Museum under proper conditions. Specimens are obtained from expeditions to Marmara, Aegean, Mediterranean seas and north Cyprus shores. As a result of these studies we have secured, 58 specimens from Sepiida, 230 from Sepiolida, 106 from Teuthida and 139 from Octopoda members in protective jars. Cephalapoda species present in museum were first properly cleaned then were fixed in jars with formaline fixation as it is the most appropriate method available, then necessary information about the specimens were written on each jar and recorded in computer enviroment.