Mollusk Monday
Video courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, Windows to the Deep 2021.
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Dive 09 of Windows to the Deep 2021 was a great dive for squid fans — and a great contribution to Mollusk Monday. Squid are members of the phylum Mollusca phylum, after all. During this dive on a scarp near the western end of the Florida Straits and south of the Dry Tortugas we spotted numerous Illex sp. squid swimming in the water column and resting on the seafloor.