Loliolus japonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Myopsida
Family: Loliginidae
Genus: Loliolus
Species:
L. japonica
Binomial name
Loliolus japonica
Hoyle, 1885[1]

Loliolus Japonica, the Japanese squid, is a species of squid from the family Loliginidae. As the name suggests, it lives around Japan, but has also been found around Vietnam and China.[2] They are pelagic, living 1–30 m (3 ft 3 in – 98 ft 5 in) down in the ocean.[2]

The Japanese squid has light tan skin, with speckles all over its mantle and tentacles.[3] It has a particularly large mantle, and an unusually wide fin along the mantle as well. It has dark, black eyes.[3] Females are larger than males.[4] The maximum length a male can get is 12 centimeters.[5] Loliolus japonica are nonbioluminescent species which means that they do not emit light. [6]

A male will perform various rituals to get a female's attention, and after that they will mate. Embryos will hatch into a planktonic stage for a fair amount of time, but will then turn into adults. Males and females die after spawning.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "World Registry of Marine Species: Loliolus Japonica". WoRMS. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Computer Generated Native Distribution Map for Loliolus Japonica (Japanese squid), with modeled year 2100 native range map based on IPCC A2 emissions scenario". Aquamaps. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Pictures available for Loliolus Japonica". SeaLifeBaseCA. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  4. ↑ Roper, Clyde; Sweeney, Michael (1984). FAO Species Catalogue Vol. 3. Cephalopods of The World. An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Species of Interest to Fisheries. Rome: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS.
  5. 1 2 "Loliolus Japonica (Hoyle, 1885), Japanese squid". SeaLifeBaseCA. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  6. ↑ Anderson, F. E. (2000). "(Anderson, 2000), Phylogeny and Historical Biogeography of the Loliginid Squids(Mollusca: Cephalopoda) Based on Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Data 15(2), 191–214". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 15 (2): 191–214. doi:10.1006/mpev.1999.0753. PMID 10837151.
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