Loligo forbesii

This squid grows up to {{convert|90|cm|in}} in mantle length. The long fins are roughly diamond-shaped and make up two thirds of the total length of the body. The colour of the squid is variable, but is usually a shade of pink, red, or brown. The vestigial shell is a small, thin internal structure. Wilson, E. [http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesinformation.php?speciesID=3717 Loligo forbesi: Long finned squid.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313094104/http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesinformation.php?speciesID=3717 |date=2013-03-13 }} Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 2006. Accessed 5 June 2013.

Loligo forbesii can be found in the seas around Europe, its range extending through the Red Sea toward the East African coast.Bouchet, P. (2013). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416668 Loligo forbesii Steenstrup, 1857.] World Register of Marine Species. Accessed 5 June 2013. It is widespread in the Atlantic Ocean.Taylor, R. 2002. [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Loligo_forbesii/ Loligo forbesii.] Animal Diversity Web. Accessed June 5, 2013. It is one of the most common cephalopods in the Celtic Sea.Hogan, C. M. (Lead Author) and P. Saundry (Topic Editor). [http://www.eoearth.org/article/Celtic_Sea?topic=49523 Celtic Sea.] In: Cleveland, C. J., Ed. Encyclopedia of Earth. Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington, D.C. Published October 14, 2009, revised May 13, 2013, retrieved June 5, 2013.

The squid lives at depths of {{convert|10|to|500|m|ft|0}}. It attains sexual maturity at about one year old and lives 1 to 2 years, with a maximum life span of about 3 years. It generally breeds only once. The male delivers sperm into the mantle of the female using structures on a specialized tentacle. The female will spawn up to 100,000 eggs, which adhere to the sea floor. Peak spawning season is in January through March off Scotland, with recruitment of juveniles occurring in the fall.Pierce, G. J., et al. (1998). [http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/content/55/1/14.full.pdf Distribution and abundance of the fished population of Loligo forbesi in Scottish waters: analysis of research cruise data.]{{dead link|date=May 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} ICES Journal of Marine Science 55 14-33. Off Galicia the breeding season lasts from December to May, with most mating occurring in December through February.Guerra, A. and F. Rocha. (1994). [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0165783694900957 The life history of Loligo vulgaris and Loligo forbesi (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae) in Galician waters (NW Spain).] Fisheries Research 21(1–2) 43–69.

The diet includes fish, polychaetes, crustaceans, and other cephalopods,Roper, C. F. E., et al. 1984. [http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/Lforbesi.php Loligo forbesi, Veined squid.] FAO Species Catalogue. Vol 3. Cephalopods of the World. FAO Fisheries Synopsis 125(3). often members of its own species.

This is one of the most common squid species fished in the United Kingdom.Stroud, G. D. [http://www.fao.org/wairdocs/tan/x5948e/x5948e01.htm Squid.] Torry Advisory Note No. 77. Torry Research Station. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. 2001.

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Category:Loliginidae

Category:Cephalopods described in 1856

Category:Marine molluscs of Europe

Category:Cephalopods of Europe