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Japanese Pygmy Squid Depositing Eggs | Idiosepius paradoxus

This female Japanese pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) is cleaning the surface of eelgrass (Zostera marina) prior to depositing an egg. The curved white strands are spermatophores attached by multiple males. Photographed at two times life-size magnification.

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Squid Animalia Mollusca Cephalopoda Ideosepida Idiosepiidae Idiosepius paradoxus Northern Pygmy Squid Japanese Pygmy Squid Hime-ika Seagrass Plantae Traceophytes Alismatales Zosteraceae Zostera marina Eelgrass Amamo Reproduction Eggs Super Macro Pacific Japan Yamaguchi Prefecture
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Marine Life Reproduction, Cephalopods, Super Macro, Marine Life | Japan
This female Japanese pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) is cleaning the surface of eelgrass (Zostera marina) prior to depositing an egg. The curved white strands are spermatophores attached by multiple males. Photographed at two times life-size magnification.
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