European flying squid
Todarodes sagittatus
Category: Octopus & Squid
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Cephalopoda
- Order
- Oegopsida
- Family
- Ommastrephidae
- Genus
- Todarodes
Where to Find
Found in 10 diving areas across 7 countries and 1 regions.
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 10 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 39 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 15 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 86 records
- Azores, Portugal - 2 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 121 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 17 records
- Medes Islands, Spain - 50 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 2 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 19 records