Image: Teuthowenia megalops (high resolution)
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Description: A bathyscaphoid squid (Teuthowenia megalops) swimming in the "cockatoo" posture. The animal rotates around the spindle-shaped digestive gland, which it keeps vertical regardless of the orientation of the mantle and head. (edited out text)
Title: Teuthowenia megalops (high resolution)
Credit: Video courtesy of Estuary to the Abyss 2004 Exploration
Author: George Sedberry, NOAA-OE
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