Opalescent Squid (Doryteuthis opalescens)

Opalescent squid (photo credit: Central Coast Biodiversity)

Other Names: Common squid, market squid, calamari, opal squid

Description: Although squid themselves are very rarely found in the tide pools at Haystack Rock, their egg sacs wash ashore occasionally.

Squid egg sac (photo credit: Zoe O’Toole)

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Reference: Central Coast Biodiversity