Tony Wu / Female Northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) depositing eggs on a blade of eelgrass (Zostera marina), next to a white mass of eggs laid previously, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Female Northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) depositing eggs on a blade of eelgrass (Zostera marina), Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) eggs on a blade of eelgrass (Zostera marina), Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) consuming an amphipod crustacean, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) wrapped around a skeleton shrimp (Caprellidae) prey, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) consuming a skeleton shrimp (Caprellidae), Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Female Northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) attached to on a blade of eelgrass (Zostera marina), Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Female Northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) hunting for prey, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Note the white strands on her head (spermatophores passed to her by males)
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Tony Wu / Northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) female accepting spermatophore from the smaller, darker male (right) while depositing eggs on a blade of eelgrass (Zostera marina), Yamaguchi Prefecture, Ja...
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Tony Wu / Female Northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) preparing to lay another egg on a blade of eelgrass (Zostera marina), Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Female Northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) depositing eggs on a blade of eelgrass (Zostera marina), Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Female Northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) depositing eggs on a blade of eelgrass (Zostera marina), Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Female Northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) depositing eggs on a blade of eelgrass (Zostera marina), Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Female Northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) depositing eggs on a blade of eelgrass (Zostera marina), Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.