Histioteuthis

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Histioteuthis

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Coleoidea
Order:	Teuthida
Suborder:	Oegopsina
Family:	Histioteuthidae Verrill, 1881
Genus:	Histioteuthis Orbigny, 1841

Species

17 species and subspecies, see text

Histioteuthis is a genus of squid and the only member of the Histioteuthidae family. It goes by the English name cock-eyed squid, because in all species the right eye is normal-sized, round, blue and sunken; whereas the left eye is at least twice the diameter of the right eye, tubular, yellow-green, faces upward, and bulges out of the head. They live at depths of around 2500 ft and can change color slightly.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Species

bonnellii species-group
- Umbrella Squid, Histioteuthis bonnellii
- Histioteuthis machrohista

reversa species-group
- Reverse Jewell Squid, Histioteuthis reversa
- Histioteuthis atlantica
- Histioteuthis altaninae

hoylei species-group
- Flowervase Jewell Squid, Histioteuthis hoylei
- Histioteuthis arcturi

celetaria subspecies-group
- Histioteuthis celetaria celetaria
- Histioteuthis celetaria pacifica

corona subspecies-group
- Histioteuthis corona corona
- Histioteuthis corona berryi
- Histioteuthis corona cerasina
- Histioteuthis corona inermis