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Record of mated Little Indian squid Loliolus hardwickei (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae) from the southwest coast of India

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Title Record of mated Little Indian squid Loliolus hardwickei (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae) from the southwest coast of India
 
Creator Sajikumar, K K
Laxmilatha, P
Lavanya, R
Babu, Akhil
Sasikumar, Geetha
 
Subject Cephalopods
 
Description Cephalopods display some of the most complex behavioural adaptations amongst marine invertebrates, particularly concerning their mating behaviour. The reproductive features of the squids are unique. Sperm transfer is a complex process, with males transferring intricate spermatophores to females during copulation and the spermatophores everts as spermatangium by spermatophoric reaction. This in turn gets attached to the female body through distinct mechanisms. The
squid spawning grounds of cephalopods, are generally
identified based on the presence of egg masses and mated
individuals. The Little Indian squid, Loliolus hardwickei
(Gray, 1849) is known to inhabit estuarine and coastal
waters to a maximum recorded depth of 30 m. They have a short life span of < 6 months. Nothing is known about the mating season of little Indian squid L. hardwickei and presumably the first record of a mated L. hardwickei from the southwest coast of India is reported below.
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2022
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16057/1/MFIS%20251_Sajikumar%20K%20K_2022.pdf
Sajikumar, K K and Laxmilatha, P and Lavanya, R and Babu, Akhil and Sasikumar, Geetha (2022) Record of mated Little Indian squid Loliolus hardwickei (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae) from the southwest coast of India. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series (251). pp. 26-28. ISSN 0254-380X