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During the day the strawberry squid swims around in the twilight zone of the Atlantic Ocean in a range of about 660 to 3,300 feet below the surface. It can be found in tropical and subtropical waters.
Histioteuthis heteropsis, known as the strawberry squid, is a species of small cock-eyed squid. [2] The scientific nomenclature of these squid stems from their set of differently sized eyes, one being small and blue and the other being large and yellow.
Beak of Histioteuthis bonnellii. Histioteuthis is a genus of squid in the family Histioteuthidae.It goes by the common name cock-eyed squid, because in all species the right eye is normal-sized, round, blue and sunken; whereas the left eye is at least twice the diameter of the right eye, tubular, yellow-green, faces upward, and bulges out of the head.
This mesopelagic squid is found in deep water in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean, between about 40°N and 30°S, particularly in the Sargasso Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Juveniles with a mantle length less than 5 mm (0.2 in) occur at depths between 200 and 400 m (700 and 1,300 ft).
Tropical species which are also found in this range may also be listed here. The listed organisms are generally identifiable to the naked eye. Many microscopic animals also inhabit this region. Ranges are generally given relating to Australian waters. If listed as endemic, they have been found only in the listed range. Others may have much ...
A video shows the long creature with tentacles and large eyes floating through the water and excreting a cloud of greenish-yellow ink. ... The squid was spotted more than 3,600 feet underwater.
Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis occurs in a diverse range of environments in the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific, often at depths of over 600 m (1,969 ft) deep. [9] [6] [7] Total species biomass has been estimated at between 8-11 million tonnes; the Arabian Sea from November-January is thought to contain one of the highest concentrations (12 to 42 t km −2) of these squids due to population ...
At night, they migrate to the epipelagic waters (0-200m). [7] There is little knowledge about the life history of these squid due to the difficulties in studying them, but research on P. gemmata estimated its maximum age to be 78 days, and it is presumed that others in the Pyroteuthidae family have similar life-spans. [8]