Histioteuthis
| Histioteuthis | |
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| Histioteuthis sp. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Coleoidea |
| Order: | Teuthida |
| Suborder: | Oegopsina |
| Family: | Histioteuthidae Verrill, 1881 |
| Genus: | Histioteuthis Orbigny, 1841 |
| Species | |
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17 species and subspecies, see text | |
Beak of Histioteuthis bonnellii
Histioteuthis is a genus of squid and the only member of the Histioteuthidae family. It goes by the common 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.
Species
- H. bonnellii species-group
- Histioteuthis bonnellii, umbrella squid
- Histioteuthis machrohista
- H. reversa species-group
- Histioteuthis altaninae
- Histioteuthis atlantica
- Histioteuthis reversa, reverse jewel squid
- H. hoylei species-group
- Histioteuthis arcturi
- Histioteuthis hoylei, flowervase jewel squid
- H. celetaria subspecies-group
- Histioteuthis celetaria celetaria
- Histioteuthis celetaria pacifica
- H. corona subspecies-group
- Histioteuthis corona berryi
- Histioteuthis corona cerasina
- Histioteuthis corona corona
- Histioteuthis corona inermis
- H. miranda species-group
- Histioteuthis miranda
- Histioteuthis oceani
- H. meleagroteuthis species-group
- Histioteuthis heteropsis, strawberry squid
- Histioteuthis meleagroteuthis
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