Squid team finds high species diversity off Kermadec Islands, part of stalled marine reserve proposal
- Written by Kat Bolstad, Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology
This squid belongs to one of the families (Histioteuthidae) that is highly diverse but was not previously recorded from the Kermadecs.Richard Young, CC BY-SA
Squids and octopuses could be considered the “parrots of the ocean”. Some are smart, and many have complex behaviours. And, of course, they have strange, bird-like beaks.
They are...