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Ommastrephidae
Ommastrephidae is a family (biology), family of squid containing three subfamilies, 11 genus, genera, and over 20 species. They are widely distributed globally and are extensively fished for food. One species, ''Todarodes pacificus'', comprised around half of the world's cephalopod catch annually. Some members of Ommastrephidae are known for their Aquatic locomotion#Jet propulsion, jet-propelled flight, earning them the common name of "flying squid". Description The ommastrephids are small to large squids, with Mantle (mollusk), mantle lengths ranging from that of the glass squid (''Hyaloteuthis pelagica'') at ,Nesis, K. N. 1982. Abridged key to the cephalopod mollusks of the world's ocean. 385,ii pp. Light and Food Industry Publishing House, Moscow. (In Russian.). Translated into English by B. S. Levitov, ed. by L. A. Burgess (1987), Cephalopods of the world. T. F. H. Publications, Neptune City, NJ, 351pp. to the Humboldt squid (''Dosidicus gigas'') at .Glaubrecht, M. & M.A. Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squid
A squid (: squid) is a mollusc with an elongated soft body, large eyes, eight cephalopod limb, arms, and two tentacles in the orders Myopsida, Oegopsida, and Bathyteuthida (though many other molluscs within the broader Neocoleoidea are also called ''squid'' despite not strictly fitting these criteria). Like all other cephalopods, squid have a distinct head, Symmetry (biology)#Bilateral symmetry, bilateral symmetry, and a mantle (mollusc), mantle. They are mainly soft-bodied, like octopuses, but have a small internal skeleton in the form of a rod-like gladius (cephalopod), gladius or pen, made of chitin. Squid diverged from other cephalopods during the Jurassic and occupy a similar Ecological niche, role to teleost fish as open-water predators of similar size and behaviour. They play an important role in the open-water food web. The two long tentacles are used to grab prey and the eight arms to hold and control it. The beak then cuts the food into suitable size chunks for swal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ommastrephes Bartramii (Neon Flying Squid), Northern Hawaiian Waters
The neon flying squid (''Ommastrephes bartramii''), sometimes called the red flying squid, akaika, and red squid is a species of large flying squid in the family Ommastrephidae. They are found in subtropical and temperate oceanic waters globally. The genus contains bioluminescent species. Taxonomy ''Ommastrephes bartramii'' belongs to the family Ommastrephidae, subfamily Ommastrephinae. It was first described by the French naturalist, explorer, and artist Charles Alexandre Lesueur in 1821. Russian taxonomists consider the separate spawning populations of ''Ommastrephes bartramii'' as subspecies. It was thought that ''Ommastrephes bartramii'' was the only species belonging to the monospecific genus ''Ommastrephes'', but a 2020 study which used mitochondrial DNA to evaluate individuals across nearly the entire distributional range revealed that the genus is actually an allopatric cryptic species complex with four distinct species consistently identified. As a result of these ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ommastrephinae
Ommastrephinae is a subfamily of squids under the family Ommastrephidae. Description Ommastrephinae includes the largest species of squids belonging to the family Ommastrephidae, Humboldt squid ('' Dosidicus gigas'') which can grow to in mantle length (ML).Glaubrecht, M. & M.A. Salcedo-Vargas 2004. The Humboldt squid ''Dosidicus gigas'' (Orbigny, 1835): History of the Berlin specimen, with a reappraisal of other (bathy-)pelagic gigantic cephalopods (Mollusca, Ommastrephidae, Architeuthidae). ''Zoosystematics and Evolution'' 80(1): 53–69. It also contains the smallest squid species belonging to the family, the glass squid ('' Hyaloteuthis pelagica'') which has a mantle length of only up to .Nesis, K. N. 1982. Abridged key to the cephalopod mollusks of the world's ocean. 385,ii pp. Light and Food Industry Publishing House, Moscow. (In Russian.). Translated into English by B. S. Levitov, ed. by L. A. Burgess (1987), Cephalopods of the world. T. F. H. Publications, Neptune City, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todaropsis Eblanae
''Todaropsis'' is a species of short finned squid in the family Ommastrephidae. It is the only genus in the monotypic subfamily Todaropsinae. The genus ''Todaropsis'' is also monotypic, containing the single species ''Todaropsis eblanae'', also known as the lesser flying squid. Description ''Todaropsis eblanae'' is a relatively small-sized squid between in length with a large, broad head.Emily Wilson 2006. Todaropsis eblanae. Lesser flying squid. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme n-line Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. The males grow to a maximum mantle length of 16.0 cm and the females to a maximum mantle length of . This species possesses a terminal fin which is broadly rhomboidal, wider than it is long and posteriorly rounded. Its arms are stout, more than twice the length of head, and the tentacle club is slim, with four rows of suckers, not extending away from the tips on to the sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illex
''Illex'', commonly known as shortfin squids, is a genus of squid in the family Ommastrephidae and the only member of the subfamily Illicinae. It contains four species: * '' Illex argentinus'', Argentine shortfin squid * '' Illex coindetii'', southern shortfin squid * '' Illex illecebrosus'', northern shortfin squid * '' Illex oxygonius'', sharptail shortfin squid Molecular systematics A 2006 study evaluated the taxonomy of the squid genus ''Illex'' using molecular data from the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene. Traditionally, the genus has included four recognized species: ''Illex illecebrosus'', ''Illex coindetii'', ''Illex oxygonius'', and ''Illex argentinus''. ''I. argentinus'' is the most morphologically distinct and occurs in the South Atlantic Ocean, while the three North Atlantic species overlap geographically and display significant morphological variability, making them difficult to distinguish based on physical characteristics alone. The molecular analysis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dosidicus Gigas
The Humboldt squid (''Dosidicus gigas''), also known as jumbo squid or jumbo flying squid, is a large, predatory squid living in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the only known species of the genus ''Dosidicus'' of the subfamily Ommastrephinae, family Ommastrephidae. Humboldt squid typically reach a mantle length of , making the species the largest member of its family. They are the most important squid worldwide for commercial fisheries, with the catch predominantly landed in Chile, Peru and Mexico; however, a 2015 warming waters fishery collapse in the Gulf of California remains unrecovered. Like other members of the subfamily Ommastrephinae, they possess chromatophores which enable them to quickly change body coloration, known as 'metachrosis' which is the rapid flash of their skin from red to white. They have a relatively short lifespan of just 1–2 years. They have a reputation for aggression toward humans, although this behavior may only occur during feeding times. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illex Illecebrosus Gladius
''Illex'', commonly known as shortfin squids, is a genus of squid in the family Ommastrephidae and the only member of the subfamily Illicinae. It contains four species: * '' Illex argentinus'', Argentine shortfin squid * '' Illex coindetii'', southern shortfin squid * '' Illex illecebrosus'', northern shortfin squid * '' Illex oxygonius'', sharptail shortfin squid Molecular systematics A 2006 study evaluated the taxonomy of the squid genus ''Illex'' using molecular data from the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene. Traditionally, the genus has included four recognized species: ''Illex illecebrosus'', ''Illex coindetii'', ''Illex oxygonius'', and ''Illex argentinus''. ''I. argentinus'' is the most morphologically distinct and occurs in the South Atlantic Ocean, while the three North Atlantic species overlap geographically and display significant morphological variability, making them difficult to distinguish based on physical characteristics alone. The molecular analysis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cephalopod Arm
All cephalopods possess flexible limbs extending from their heads and surrounding their beaks. These appendages, which function as muscular hydrostats, have been variously termed arms, legs or tentacles. Description In the scientific literature, a cephalopod ''arm'' is often treated as distinct from a ''tentacle'', though the terms are sometimes used interchangeably, often with the latter acting as an umbrella term for cephalopod limbs. Generally, arms have suckers along most of their length, as opposed to tentacles, which have suckers only near their ends.Young, R.E., M. Vecchione & K.M. Mangold 1999Cephalopoda Glossary Tree of Life web project. Barring a few exceptions, octopuses have eight arms and no tentacles, while squid and cuttlefish have eight arms (or two "legs" and six "arms") and two tentacles.Norman, M. 2000. ''Cephalopods: A World Guide''. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. p. 15. "There is some confusion around the terms ''arms'' versus ''tentacles''. The numerous l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladius (cephalopod)
The gladius (: ''gladii''), or pen, is a hard internal bodypart found in many cephalopods of the superorder Decapodiformes (particularly squids) and in a single extant taxon, extant member of the Octopodiformes, the vampire squid (''Vampyroteuthis infernalis''). It is so named for its superficial resemblance to the Roman Empire, Roman Gladius, short sword of the same name, and is a Vestigiality, vestige of the ancestral mollusc shell, which was external. The gladius is located Dorsal (anatomy), dorsally within the mantle (mollusc), mantle and usually extends for its entire length. Composed primarily of chitin, it lies within the shell sac, which is responsible for its secretion. Some species, like the bigfin reef squid, still has a gladius with some degree of mineralization. Gladii are known from a number of extinct cephalopod groups, including Teudopseina, teudopseids (''e.g.'' ''Actinosepia'', ''Glyphiteuthis'', ''Muensterella'', ''Palaeololigo'', ''Teudopsinia'', ''Teudopsis'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todarodinae
Todarodinae is a squid subfamily in the family Ommastrephidae. Genera * Genus ''Martialia'' ** ''Martialia hyadesii'', sevenstar flying squid * Genus ''Nototodarus'' ** ''Nototodarus gouldi'', Gould's flying squid ** ''Nototodarus hawaiiensis'', Hawaiian flying squid ** ''Nototodarus sloanii'', Wellington flying squid or New Zealand arrow squid * Genus ''Todarodes'' ** ''Todarodes angolensis'', Angola flying squid ** ''Todarodes filippovae'', Antarctic flying squid ** ''Todarodes pacificus'', Japanese flying squid or Japanese common squid ** ''Todarodes pusillus'', little flying squid ** ''Todarodes sagittatus'', European flying squid * Genus ''Todaropsis'' ** ''Todaropsis eblanae'', lesser flying squid References External links Todarodinae, Ommastrephidae Gliding animals Protostome subfamilies {{Squid-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todarodes Pacificus
The Japanese flying squid, Japanese common squid or Pacific flying squid, scientific name ''Todarodes pacificus'', is a squid of the family Ommastrephidae. This animal lives in the northern Pacific Ocean, in the area surrounding Japan, along the entire coast of China up to Russia, then spreading across the Bering Strait east towards the southern coast of Alaska and Canada. They tend to cluster around the central region of Vietnam. Description Adult squid have several distinguishing features. The mantle encloses the visceral mass of the squid, and has two fins, which are not the primary method of propulsion. Instead, the squid has a siphon, a muscle which takes in water from one side, and pushes it out the other side: jet propulsion. The squid has eight arms and two tentacles with suction cups along the underside. In between the arms sits the beak, which houses a toothed, tongue-like appendage called the radula. Squid have ink sacs, which they use as a defense mechanism against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
