Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute MBARI, USA
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Histioteuthis heteropsis is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, including the transitional waters of the California Current and Chile-Peru Current.
Distinguishing Characteristic: The strawberry squid (Histioteuthis heteropsis) has a huge green eye that looks up and a smaller black eye that looks down.
Habitat and Biology:
The known vertical distribution of this species is from open nets off California and shows catches from depths of 300 to 800 meters during the day, with 62% of the specimens caught at 500 to 700 meters.
At night, 69% of the specimens were caught in 0 to 400 meters.
This species is widely distributed off southern California, where it makes vertical migrations from depths greater than 400 meters during the day and less than 400 at night.
Only juveniles less than 20 mm in mantle length are known from the upper 200 meters.
Sexually mature individuals of Histioteuthis heteropsis occur in the eastern Pacific Ocean, including the transitional waters of the California Current and Chile-Peru Current.
Distinguishing Characteristic: The strawberry squid (Histioteuthis heteropsis) has a huge green eye that looks up and a smaller black eye that looks down.
Habitat and Biology:
The known vertical distribution of this species is from open nets off California and shows catches from depths of 300 to 800 meters during the day, with 62% of the specimens caught at 500 to 700 meters.
At night, 69% of the specimens were caught in 0 to 400 meters.
This species is widely distributed off southern California, where it makes vertical migrations from depths greater than 400 meters during the day and less than 400 at night.
Only juveniles less than 20 mm in mantle length are known from the upper 200 meters.
Sexually mature individuals of the Histioteuthidae family often show changes in photophores and body morphology and descend to greater depths (e.g., greater than 2,000 meters.
Mating likely occurs at great depths, although spawning may occur either at great depths or in near-surface waters, depending on the species.
The cephalopod Histioteuthis heteropsis lives at great depths, and its skin is full of light-producing light sources.
Depending on the light conditions in the environment, it uses bioluminescence to camouflage itself from predators.
Strawberry squid are an important part of the diet of a variety of marine mammals such as whales, seabirds, and many fish .Family often show changes in photophores and body morphology and dive to greater depths (e.g., greater than 2,000 m depth.
Mating likely occurs at great depths, although spawning may occur either at great depths or in near-surface waters, depending on the species.
The cephalopod Histioteuthis heteropsis lives at great depths, and its skin is full of light-producing light sources.
Depending on the light conditions in the environment, it uses bioluminescence to camouflage itself from predators.
Strawberry squid are an important part of the diet of a variety of marine mammals including whales, seabirds, and many fishes, such as swordfish off northern Baja California and hammerhead sharks in the southern part of the Gulf of California.
Synonym: Calliteuthis heteropsis Berry, 1913
Distinguishing Characteristic: The strawberry squid (Histioteuthis heteropsis) has a huge green eye that looks up and a smaller black eye that looks down.
Habitat and Biology:
The known vertical distribution of this species is from open nets off California and shows catches from depths of 300 to 800 meters during the day, with 62% of the specimens caught at 500 to 700 meters.
At night, 69% of the specimens were caught in 0 to 400 meters.
This species is widely distributed off southern California, where it makes vertical migrations from depths greater than 400 meters during the day and less than 400 at night.
Only juveniles less than 20 mm in mantle length are known from the upper 200 meters.
Sexually mature individuals of Histioteuthis heteropsis occur in the eastern Pacific Ocean, including the transitional waters of the California Current and Chile-Peru Current.
Distinguishing Characteristic: The strawberry squid (Histioteuthis heteropsis) has a huge green eye that looks up and a smaller black eye that looks down.
Habitat and Biology:
The known vertical distribution of this species is from open nets off California and shows catches from depths of 300 to 800 meters during the day, with 62% of the specimens caught at 500 to 700 meters.
At night, 69% of the specimens were caught in 0 to 400 meters.
This species is widely distributed off southern California, where it makes vertical migrations from depths greater than 400 meters during the day and less than 400 at night.
Only juveniles less than 20 mm in mantle length are known from the upper 200 meters.
Sexually mature individuals of the Histioteuthidae family often show changes in photophores and body morphology and descend to greater depths (e.g., greater than 2,000 meters.
Mating likely occurs at great depths, although spawning may occur either at great depths or in near-surface waters, depending on the species.
The cephalopod Histioteuthis heteropsis lives at great depths, and its skin is full of light-producing light sources.
Depending on the light conditions in the environment, it uses bioluminescence to camouflage itself from predators.
Strawberry squid are an important part of the diet of a variety of marine mammals such as whales, seabirds, and many fish .Family often show changes in photophores and body morphology and dive to greater depths (e.g., greater than 2,000 m depth.
Mating likely occurs at great depths, although spawning may occur either at great depths or in near-surface waters, depending on the species.
The cephalopod Histioteuthis heteropsis lives at great depths, and its skin is full of light-producing light sources.
Depending on the light conditions in the environment, it uses bioluminescence to camouflage itself from predators.
Strawberry squid are an important part of the diet of a variety of marine mammals including whales, seabirds, and many fishes, such as swordfish off northern Baja California and hammerhead sharks in the southern part of the Gulf of California.
Synonym: Calliteuthis heteropsis Berry, 1913
