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Bigfin Reef Squid hatchling

Sepioteuthis lessoniana

Photo by AlbertKang
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Description:

This is a sequence of pictures of Bigfin Reef Squid Eggs, Embryo and newly hatched baby.

Picture 1 shows a baby squid trying to break out from its egg case.
Picture 2 shows a squid embryo, still not ready to hatch yet, you can still see the egg yolk.
Picture 3 shows a bunch of Squid eggs
Picture 4 shows a newly hatched squid, very small, around 1.5-2cm in size.

The moment they hatched, they float/swim to the surface and water column.

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