Lolliguncula diomedeae
| Lolliguncula diomedeae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Myopsida |
| Family: | Loliginidae |
| Genus: | Lolliguncula |
| Species: | L. diomedeae |
| Binomial name | |
| Lolliguncula diomedeae (Hoyle, 1904) | |
Lolligunculae diomedeae, commonly known as the dart squid or shortarm gonate squid, is a species of squid in the family Loliginidae.[1][2] It is found in the eastern Pacific.[3]
Description
L. diomedeae has a long, cylindrical mantle reaching about 13.5 cm in length in females and 6.5 cm in males,[1][4] with short and broad fins which have slight notches at their anterior points.[1] The arms are unequal. The first pair of arms (1.5 cm in length) are slender with distinct dorsal keels, the third (2.5 cm) are broad and flattened, and the second (1.8 cm) and fourth (2.5 cm) pairs are both stout. Tentacles are small and slender, and reach about 4.7 cm.[1]
On average, females weigh 25.6 grams,[5] while males weigh 12 grams.[4]
Biology
Egg masses contain 20-30 soft, translucent egg capsules. Capsules are up to 8.5 cm in length, and contain about 70 eggs.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Hoyle, William (March 1904). "Reports on the Cephalopoda". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.
- ↑ "Lolliguncula (Loliolopsis) diomedeae (Hoyle, 1904)". WoRMS.
- 1 2 Fernández-Álvarez, Fernando Á.; et al. (3 March 2017). "Morphological description of egg masses and hatchlings of Lolliguncula diomedeae (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae)". Journal of Molluscan Studies.
- 1 2 del Carmen Alejo-Plata, María; et al. "Sizes, sexes, and maturity of the dart squid Lolliguncula diomedeae (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae) in the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico". Scielo.
- ↑ del Carmen Alejo-Plata, María; et al. (22 September 2022). "Strategy of spawning in the tropical squid Lolliguncula diomedeae females: allocation of energy, senescence, and influence of Aggregata coccidians". Canadian Journal of Zoology.