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There are 60 different species of glass squid in the Cranchiidae family and they live in the deep water all around the world. Some of them, like the Cranchia scabra , are as small as four inches.
There are around 300 species of squid living in the ocean and they can range in size from less than an inch to the massive 50-foot-long giant squid. The strawberry squid ( Histioteuthis heteropsis ...
Lampadioteuthis megaleia is a small, colorful squid, the only species in the only genus in the monotypic family Lampadioteuthidae. [3] It is sometimes known as the wonderful firefly squid . It was formerly classified in the family Lycoteuthidae , but differs from them mainly by having a hectocotylus in the males and by the possession of a ...
Histioteuthis heteropsis, known as the strawberry squid, is a species of small cock-eyed squid. [2] The scientific nomenclature of these squid stems from their set of differently sized eyes, one being small and blue and the other being large and yellow.
Bathyteuthis abyssicola, also known as the deepsea squid, is a species of squid in the family Bathyteuthidae.. Bathyteuthis abyssicola is the type species of Bathyteuthis.It is a small (less than 8 cm (3.1 in) mantle length), deep maroon-colored squid that inhabits the meso-and bathypelagic zones of all oceans of the world, and is particularly abundant in the Southern Ocean where it seems to ...
To catch its preferred prey of small shrimp, the squid uses a martial arts-like hunting method and grapples its next meal. A pair of photos show this process. Researchers said they named the new ...
Lolliguncula is a genus of squid from the family Loliginidae from the eastern Pacific and western Atlantic, known as brief squid. The genus is divided into two subgenera Lolliguncula and Loliolopsis .
Loliolus is a genus of squid from the family Loliginidae from the Indo-Pacific region. The genus is divided into two subgenera Loliolus and Nipponololigo. They are small squids of less than 150 mm (5.9 in) in mantle length which have an expanded tentacular club. This club has 4 series of suckers.