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| Squid mating and laying eggs, eggs on sandy bottom, Loligo opalescens, Image 02547 | Squid mating, Loligo opalescens, Image 02548 | Squid egg casings on sand, Loligo opalescens, Image 02549 |
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| Squid egg casings attach to sand, Loligo opalescens, Image 02550 | Horn shark eating opalescent squid eggs, Loligo opalescens, Heterodontus francisci, Image 01069 | California bat ray eating squid eggs, Loligo opalescens, Myliobatis californica, Image 01243 |
| 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, Image 00313 | ||
| Keywords: cephalopod, squid, loligo opalescens, mating, egg laying, egg, opalescent, squid, marine, ocean, invertebrate, invertebrates, photograph, photographs, nudibranch, mollusk | ||
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