Squid Love

Opalescent inshore squid / market squid (Doryteuthis opalescens) mating and laying eggs. The female will deposit 100-300 eggs into the sand and cover them with a sticky substance to anchor them to the seabed and protect them from predators. The male squid uses its fifth arm (called the hectocotylus) to grab the female to insert spermatophores. Eggs present at the bottom of the ocean stimulates other females to lay their eggs and vast fields of the eggs can result. Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

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Opalescent inshore squid / market squid (Doryteuthis opalescens) mating and laying eggs. The female will deposit 100-300 eggs into the sand and cover them with a sticky substance to anchor them to the seabed and protect them from predators. The male squid uses its fifth arm (called the hectocotylus) to grab the female to insert spermatophores. Eggs present at the bottom of the ocean stimulates other females to lay their eggs and vast fields of the eggs can result. Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.