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The bigfin reef squid eats a variety of different marine organisms. Its main prey are usually prawns and other crustaceans, and fish. [33] Captive specimens were observed to consume one fish every 2 to 25 hours. [28] Bigfin reef squids are, in turn, preyed upon by tuna, marlin, swordfish, and other predator fish and groundfish. [34] [35]
Sepioteuthis, commonly known as reef squids or oval squids, is a genus of pencil squid. Reef squids are easily recognizable by their large rounded fins that extend along almost the entire length of their mantles , giving them a superficial resemblance to cuttlefish .
Bigfin squids are a group of rarely seen cephalopods with a distinctive morphology.They are placed in the genus Magnapinna and family Magnapinnidae. [2] Although the family was described only from larval, paralarval, and juvenile specimens, numerous video observations of much larger squid with similar morphology are assumed to be adult specimens of the same family.
Doryteuthis opalescens paralarva Loliolus sumatrensis Lolliguncula brevis Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) Bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) The classification below (including 47 species) follows Vecchione et al. (2005) [3] and the Tree of Life Web Project (2010). [4]
Articles relating to the bigfin squid (genus Magnapinna), a group of rarely seen cephalopods with a distinctive morphology.Although the family was described only from larval, paralarval, and juvenile specimens, numerous video observations of much larger squid with similar morphology are assumed to be adult specimens of the same family.
[5] [21] [22] The details of squid fisheries are not clear, although it is thought the most common of the seven commonly fished species is the bigfin reef squid. [14]: 29 The other harvested squid species from the Loliginidae family are Uroteuthis bartschi, Uroteuthis duvaucelii, Swordtip squid, and Uroteuthis singhalensis.
Magnapinna sp. B is an undescribed species of bigfin squid known only from a single immature specimen collected in the northern Atlantic Ocean. Description
Aori ika (あおりいか): Bigfin reef squid [2] Hotaru ika (ホタルイカ): Firefly squid [3] Ika (烏賊, いか): Cuttlefish or squid, served raw or cooked [4 ...