October 26, 2020: Whiplash Squid
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Exploring Atlantic Canyons and Seamounts 2014. Download larger version (jpg, 1.3 MB).
A whiplash squid (Mastigoteuthis) waits in the water column while hunting in Phoenix Canyon, off the U.S. Atlantic coast.
From: Just Look at the World Around You, Right Here on the Ocean Floor!.