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Idiosepiidae have an Indo-west Pacific distribution, from South Africa in the west to Japan and Russia in the east. [3] They appear to be short-lived and have multiple generations per year. In temperate climates their population declines at the end of the warm season. [8] They generally live in shallow water among seagrass and mangroves.
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]
A video of the same squid appears in a Japanese made-for-television film. [11] The image was published in the 1993 book European Seashells by Guido T. Poppe and Goto Yoshihiro, where it was identified as Architeuthis dux , the giant squid , and said to have been taken in the North Atlantic .
Sepietta oweniana (common bobtail squid or common bobtail) is a common marine mollusc from the order Sepiida, the cuttlefish. Common bobtails possess large, rounded pupils , eight arms each having biserial suckers and two arms with 32 tiny uniform-sized suckers in transverse rows to be used for securing their prey. [ 3 ]
In comparison, other loliginid squid species do not produce complex body patterns at less than four months of age. The patterns produced by bigfin reef squids, however, are less diverse than those of the Caribbean reef squids. [31] Bigfin reef squids do not possess photophores, and are thus not truly bioluminescent. [26]
Giant squid are described by Aristotle (4th century BC) in his History of Animals [57] and Pliny the Elder (1st century AD) in his Natural History. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] [ 60 ] The Gorgon of Greek mythology may have been inspired by the octopus or squid, the severed head of Medusa representing the animal, the beak as the protruding tongue and fangs ...
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.
Taningia danae, the Dana octopus squid, is a species of squid in the family Octopoteuthidae. It is one of the largest known squid species, reaching a mantle length of 1.7 m (5.6 ft) [3] and total length of 2.3 m (7.5 ft). [4] The largest known specimen, a mature female, weighed 161.4 kg (356 lb). [5]