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Doryteuthis opalescens is a cannibalistic predator that feeds on smaller prey species such as fish, crabs, shrimp, mollusks, and other juvenile squids. [3] It uses its two longer tentacles with tentacular clubs on the end to snare and catch its prey.
This species of squid is often seen with a reddish hue, but like many types of squid can manipulate its color, varying from a deep red to a soft pink. The dorsal mantle length of some males can reach up to 50 cm, although most squid commercially harvested are smaller than 30 cm long.
' ten-footed ') are an order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, and includes crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, and prawns. Most decapods are scavengers . The order is estimated to contain nearly 15,000 extant species in around 2,700 genera, with around 3,300 fossil species. [ 1 ]
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Loligo is a genus of squid and one of the most representative and widely distributed groups of myopsid squid.. The genus was first described by Jean Baptiste Lamarck in 1798. . However, the name had been used earlier than Lamarck (Schneider, 1784; Linnaeus, 1758) and might even have been used by Pli
It is a squid in the family Gonatidae, found most commonly in the northern Pacific Ocean from Japan to California. They are one of the most abundant cephalopods off the coast of California, mostly found at deeper depths, rising during the day most likely to feed. The mantle size of G. onyx has been known to reach up to 18 cm (7.1 in).
The squid's vernacular name arose due to its rich red skin pigmentation and the presence of photophores along its body, making it appear like a strawberry with seeds. [2] H. heteropsis live in the ocean's mesopelagic zone and are found in the California Current and the Humboldt Current. [4]
The Oegopsida are an often pelagic squid, with some nerito-oceanic species associated with sea mounts. [4] They consist of 24 families and 69 genera. They have these characters in common: the head is without tentacle pockets, eyes lack a corneal covering, arms and tentacle clubs may have hooks, the buccal supports are without suckers, and ...