Lycoteuthis lorigera

Lycoteuthis lorigera is a species of squid in the genus Lycoteuthis. They grow up to 8 cm (3.1 in) in length.^{[citation needed]}

Lycoteuthis lorigera
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Oegopsida
Family:	Lycoteuthidae
Genus:	Lycoteuthis
Species:	L. lorigera
Binomial name
Lycoteuthis lorigera Steenstrup, 1875[2]
Synonyms[3]
Asthenoteuthion planctonicum Pfeffer, 1912 Enoploteuthis diadema Chun, 1900 Leptodontoteuthis inermis Robson, 1926 Lycoteuthis diadema (Chun, 1900) Lycoteuthis jattai Pfeffer, 1900 Onychoteuthis longimanus Steenstrup, 1857 Onychoteuthis lorigera Steenstrup, 1875

The Lycoteuthis lorigera males can grow from ranges between 136 mm to 194 mm. While females grow from ranges between 88 mm to 110 mm.^[4] The Lycoteuthis lorigera males have paired spermatophoric and terminal organs. Both are functional.^[5]

They use a serial spawning strategy, the spawning of several egg masses, which exposes eggs to variable environmental circumstances and increases the chance of encountering a beneficial regime for development. The number of ripe eggs in the oviducts suggests that batches of spawned egg masses contain between 1,000 and 4,000 eggs. ^[6]

Male from sub-Antarctic waters near New Zealand (51°58′S 171°40′E), caught in bottom trawl at 520 m depth

Lycoteuthis lorigera from Carl Chun's Die Cephalopoden (1910)