ArticleBody:Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute researchers in California believe they have discovered a new deep-sea squid species thanks to one cephalopod mother’s surprisingly large egg brood.
” MBARI observed a squid mother in the Gulf of California carrying astonishingly large eggs that were almost 12 millimeters in diameter, roughly twice as large as the eggs previously observed in brooding Gonatus squids. Credit: MBARI Most of these eggs are also incredibly small, with a Gonatus squid’s measuring just 6mm in diameter. The squid seen in the submersible video, however, oversaw eggs roughly double that size .