Large school clustered around our bow in the morning while we were at anchor; many appeared to be mating!
Imagery taken during RV Investigator voyage IN2024_V04
Source: Marine National Facility, CSIRO
Location: Richmond Canyon
Depth: 820m
Juvenile (?) caught at the surface at night by rod and line collected during the TAN1612 Kermadec Ridge Expedition. Water column depth 2100 m.
AHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I FOUND A SQUID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!%&!%#!%!&%!*%#@@!!!
He was so cute!!
...Also, he bit me- fifth and sixth images are the extent of my injuries.
Don't make fun of him, he tried his best. he's just a little rascal is all
This squid had been apparently washed over the beach during high tide and stuck in the pond of water at the end of this canyon. Tadpoles were (apparently?) predating on it. It was already dead.
Dead/decaying; being eaten by two fulmars and a Laysan Albatross (squid is almost visible in last picture).
Found floating on the surface of the water right on the edge of Challenger Bank, where the bank quickly drops from 250 feet to well over 1000. Highly likely a Cuvier’s Beaked Whale kill as they are regularly seen in this area. I have the specimen frozen to take to the museum if it’s something new for them.
LFFAV
Squids can camouflage in the habitat easily to avoid being eaten by their predators.
Taken in 900 meters of water in the Solomon Islands. Can someone identify this squid? Approximately 1 meter long
Calmar échantillonné par Denis Chabot lors d'un relevé de crevette nordique par MPO-Québec en estuaire du Saint-Laurent / Squid sampled by Denis Chabot during a northern shrimp survey by DFO-Québec in the St. Lawrence Estuary. 145 g, 185 mm ML. Collection IML: 11900
It's hard to tell from these images, but this squid is alive, albeit not doing so hot. Video of this observation (swimming!) Here:
https://twitter.com/FutureFlamingo/status/1357964177130758145?s=19
Caught in Trawl during scientific cruise with Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR)
Identified by Andrey Voronkov and Penny Lee Liebig at IMR
Observé lors du relevé du chalut de fond par MPO Québec / Observed on a bottom trawl survey by DFO Quebec. z = -125 m.
Took this photo when it arrived off a fishing boat before refreezing. The squid was caught by the crew of the Margaret Philippa, in a net of orange roughy at a trawl depth of 1000m and offered to the local Uni for research. link to news article.. https://www.waikato.ac.nz/news-opinion/media/2020/rare-giant-squid-caught-in-the-bay-of-plenty-will-assist-mpi-research
Amazing to finally see one of these. I saw only one. You can see the recently hatched juveniles sitting around the inside. The adult would orient itself and move so effortlessy within its house.
~2.5cm tall
Just found one within all the turritopsis, really weren't any other species, except one obelia as well.
This individual had five tentacles.
~2mm tall
An amazing glass squid. When I disturbed it it would tuck in its tentacles and eyes, and even its fins and show big spots. So cool. The area around the brain was brightly iridescent. There are very faint long tubercles around the mantle if that helps with species id.
Really hard to get nice shots with a compact camera sadly.
~2.5cm long
A couple healthy ones, one was quite long. So cool how they tuck up when disturbed.
~ 3 m long
Kayaking in the Broughton Archipelago. My Westcoast marine life knowledge is limited so I'm hoping someone can identify this creature. Approx 5' in length. Squid of some sort?
Observed while nightlighting. One line of chromatophores down each arm.