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Octopoteuthis deletron Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: Coleoidea Order: Teuthida Suborder: Oegopsina Family: Octopoteuthidae Genus: Octopoteuthis Species: O. deletron Binomial name Octopoteuthis deletron
Young, 1972Octopoteuthis deletron is a species of squid in the genus Octopoteuthis. Found at depths of 400 to 800 m in the Pacific Ocean, they grow to at least 24 cm. Males find it difficult to detect the gender of other individuals they encounter in the dark depths, so they have adopted a strategy of attaching sperm packets to all individuals they meet.[1]
Ecology
O. deletron are the most common species found in the stomachs of northern elephant seals sampled off the coast of California.[2] It is an important prey item of the giant grenadier.[3]
References
- ^ Gorman, James (21 September 2011), "Amorous Squid Seeks Partner: Any Sex Will Do", The New York Times (New York): A1, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/science/21squid.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha23
- ^ Le Beouf, Burney J.; Richard M. Laws (1994). Elephant Seals: Population ecology, behavior, and physiology. University of California Press. p. 213–214. ISBN 9780520083646.
- ^ Drazen, Jeffrey C; Buckley, Troy W; Hoff, Gerald R (2001). "The feeding habits of slope dwelling macrourid fishes in the eastern North Pacific". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 48 (3): 909–935. doi:10.1016/S0967-0637(00)00058-3.
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