Heteroteuthis dispar, a Deep-sea squid

Heteroteuthis dispar is a three inch long deep-sea sepiolid that ejects bioluminescent clouds instead of ink! This behavior is called "fire shooting" and it is thought to have the same effect as the ink clouds produced by many shallow water cephalopods.

References and Credits

Credits

Thanks to author Richard Ellis for providing the above illustration.

References

Ellis, Richard
Hanlon R.T. and Messenger J.B. 1996. Cephalopod Behavior. Cambridge University Press. 232 pp.

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