Pacific Bobtail squid
SKU 29348 Categories Coastal life, Deep-sea Invertebrates, Octopus and Squid Tags camouflage, Cephalopoda, Coleoidea, Decapodiformes, eyes, head, Mollusca, New Zealand, Pacific bobtail squid, predator, Sepiadariidae, Sepiida, Sepioloidea pacifica
Image ID: | 29348 |
Common Name: | Pacific Bobtail squid |
Scientific Name: | Sepioloidea pacifica |
Description: | During the day, bobtail squids lie buried in the sand, waiting for night when they will leave the bottom and hunt plankton in mid-water. |
Location: | Otago shelf, New Zealand |
Keywords: | Pacific bobtail squid, Sepioloidea pacifica, New Zealand, Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Coleoidea, Decapodiformes, Sepiida, Sepiadariidae, predator, camouflage, head, eyes |
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