Key Identification Features
- During its extended quiet sleeping state, the squid shows a pale, uniform color, while the shorter active sleeping state features varied colors, textures, and patterns.
- The female may initially signal alarm by flashing a distinct pattern, but the male calms her by blowing water at her and moving slowly away.
- European squid is a neritic, semidemersal species that carries out distinct horizontal and vertical migrations based on environmental conditions.
- This species, commonly known as the Atlantic brief squid, has distinct size differences between sexes: females reach approximately 11 cm in total length, while males reach around 9 cm.
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