Neon flying squid
Neon flying squid | |
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An adult neon flying squid in the ʻAlenuihāhā Channel, Hawaii .
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Oegopsida |
Family: | Ommastrephidae |
Genus: | Ommastrephes
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Species: | O. bartramii
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Binomial name | |
Ommastrephes bartramii | |
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Species synonymy
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The neon flying squid (Ommastrephes bartramii), sometimes called the red flying squid, akaika, and red squid is a
The genus contains
Taxonomy
Ommastrephes bartramii belongs to the family
Description
Ommastrephes bartramii are easily distinguishable by the presence of an elongated silver-colored band in the middle of the
Their
Photophores are present but are small, irregular, and restricted to the ventral side of the mantle, head, and tentacles. Visceral photophores are absent.[7]
Like other ommastrephids and
Distribution and habitat
Neon flying squid are
At night, they are usually found feeding just beneath the surface near cold-water fronts, at depths of 0 to 70 m (0 to 230 ft).[12] They descend to depths of 300 to 700 m (980 to 2,300 ft) during daytime, though they have been known to descend to depths of up to 1,490 m (4,890 ft).[13] This movement pattern is known as diel vertical migration and is also exhibited by other oceanic organisms.
Ecology and biology
Life cycle
Neon flying squid are highly migratory. They have a lifespan of about one year, during which they complete a cyclical migration between their feeding and spawning grounds.[14] Mating occurs when males (who usually achieve sexual maturity earlier in the season) pass spermatophores to the females. The female squid store them in the oral surface of their buccal membrane until they too become sexually mature later in the season and begin to spawn. Spawning is continuous and not seasonal, occurring virtually throughout the year in intermittent spawning events.[5] Each female spawns approximately 350,000 to 3.6 million eggs, depending on their size. Males and females are both presumed to die soon after.[12]
Diet and predators
Neon flying squid eat small
References
- . Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ "Ommastrephes bartramii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
- ^ a b Palomares ML, Pauly D, eds. (2011). "Ommastrephes bartramii" in SeaLifeBase. January 2011 version.
- PMID 3503524.
- ^ a b c d e f Young, Richard E. and Michael Vecchione. 2009. Ommastrephes Orbigny 1834. Ommastrephes bartramii (Lesueur 1821). Red squid. Version 29 November 2009 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Ommastrephes_bartramii/19947/2009.11.29 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/. Accessed January 24, 2011
- ^ hdl:10379/15855.
- ^ a b Young, Richard E. and Michael Vecchione. 2009. Ommastrephinae Posselt 1891. Version 29 November 2009 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Ommastrephinae/19941/2009.11.29 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/ Accessed January 24, 2011
- ISBN 0717212092.
- ^ Ferris Jabr (August 2, 2010). "Fact or Fiction: Can a Squid Fly Out of the Water?". Scientific American. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
- ^ "Computer Generated Maps for Ommastrephes bartramii". Aquamaps. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
- ^ (in Greek) "Giant squids in the Aegean". Ethnos, March 27, 2012. p. 22.
- ^ a b c DFO, 1999. Neon flying squid. DFO Science Stock Status Report C6-12 (1999)
- ^ Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney and C.E. Nauen 1984. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fisheries Synopsis (125) 3: 277 p.
- ^ McCrae, J. 1994. Oregon Developmental Species: other squid, neon flying squid (Ommastrephes bartrami). Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife [1].
External links
- Ommastrephidae at the Tree of Life web project, with a photo taken of Ommastrephes bartramii in flight.
- Ommastrephes bartramii at the Tree of Life web project.