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| top left and center: The squid Loligo opalescens congregates in vast numbers to mate and lay eggs. Each egg cluster is adhered to the sandy bottom (above left), where they form large clumps (top right). After mating and laying eggs, the squids soon die. They, and their eggs, become food for other animals, such as the bat ray (Myliobatis californica) and horn shark (Heterodontus francisci). |
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| Squid, Roatan, Honduras |
| Keywords: cephalopod, squid, loligo opalescens, mating, egg laying, egg, opalescent, squid, marine, ocean, invertebrate, invertebrates, photograph, photographs, nudibranch, mollusk |
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