Market Squid

(Loligo opalescens)

 

See also:
Squid Run - Sept. 2000
Squid Run - Dec. 2000 / Jan. 2001

© 2000 Paul Foretic

 

© Garry McCarthy

 

Single Squid, up close
(The squid is red from some type of excitement)
© Terry King

 

When squid mate, the male's tentacles turn deep red
© Terry King

 

Squid Run: many mating squid and egg sacs below
© John H. Moore

 

Diver watching squid mate
© 2000 Steve Gardner

 

Egg sacs
© John R. Hyde

 

A flatfish amongst squid egg sacs; the darker ones are almost ready to hatch
© Bob Gladden

 

A field of squid egg sacs with a few squid
© John H. Moore

 

© Jim Beyster

 

© Jim Beyster

 

An egg sac emerging from a female squid
© John R. Hyde

 

Juvenile market squid
(ID by John W. Forsythe, National Resource Center for Cephalopods)
© Terry King

 

A slope of squid egg sacs in dim light
© John H. Moore

 

A few dead squid amidst squid egg sacs
© Bob Gladden

 

Squid egg sacs and the red-orange worms that feed off them
© Bob Gladden

 

More of the red-orange worms (what are they?) that appear in squid runs
© 2001 Paul Foretic