Wednesday, July 1, 2020

SEA LIFE: STRAWBERRY SQUID

 
While this looks like it might be a decoration, it actually is a sea creature.

A large strawberry squid, one of three caught on the last trawl of the Deep-See cruise. Photo: NOAA Fisheries "The Strawberry squid gets its nickname from the berry-like appearance of its bright-red body speckled with numerous jewel like luminescent photophores "

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Posted by Apolonis APHRODISIA on Saturday, June 27, 2020

Large for this species though seems to be around 39 inches as NOAA Fisheries indicated:

"The largest had a mantle length of 29 centimeters (about 11.5 inches) and an overall length of about a meter (roughly 39 inches), which seems to be the maximum size reported for these squid."
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