{"id":29707,"date":"2025-01-29T05:56:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T00:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=29707"},"modified":"2025-04-09T10:14:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T04:44:01","slug":"indian-squid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indian-squid\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Squid"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Indian squid Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Researchers at the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, claimed to have decoded the gene expression pattern of Indian squid (Uroteuthis duvaucelii).<\/p>\n<h2>About Indian Squid<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is also known as the <strong>Indian calamari<\/strong>, is a <strong>cephalopod species<\/strong> that is commonly found in the waters off the coasts of India.<\/li>\n<li>Squids are known for their <strong>advanced nervous system<\/strong>, exceptional problem-solving skills, and complex behaviours like camouflage and jet propulsion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Indian squid Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>They are typically around 20-30 cm in length, although larger specimens can reach up to 50 cm.<\/li>\n<li>It has a distinctive coloration, with a light pinkish-gray body and two large fins on either side. They have <strong>eight arms and two longer tentacles<\/strong> that they use to capture prey.<\/li>\n<li>It is a <strong>fast swimmer<\/strong> and capable of propelling themselves through the water using a jet propulsion system.<\/li>\n<li>Squids tend to prefer areas with <strong>high levels of dissolved oxygen<\/strong>, as this is crucial for their respiration.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Indian Squid Habitat:<\/strong> These are found in a variety of habitats in the Indian Ocean, ranging from coastal waters to the open sea. They are commonly found in <strong>depths of 100 to 500 meters,<\/strong> although some species can be found as deep as 1,500 meters.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Indian Squid Distribution:<\/strong> It is known to occur in the <strong>Indo-West Pacific<\/strong> in the Indian Ocean, <strong>Red Sea, and Arabian Sea, eastwards from Mozambique<\/strong> to the South China Sea and the Philippine Sea, northward to Taiwan.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conservation status<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN:<\/strong> Least Concern<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Indian squid FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1: <\/strong>What is squid called in India?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans: <\/strong>Uroteuthis duvaucelii<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2: <\/strong>What are cephalopods?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans: <\/strong>It is the most morphologically and behaviorally complex class in phylum Mollusca<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3: <\/strong>What is loligo duvauceli?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans: <\/strong>It is the most abundant and important commercial squid species.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/Kochi\/scientists-claim-to-have-decoded-gene-expression-pattern-of-indian-squid\/article69151498.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian squid is also known as the Indian calamari, is a cephalopod species that is commonly found in the waters off the coasts of India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":29708,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-29707","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}