Histioteuthis — Overview

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IUCN threat status:

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Introduction

This is a rather cyclindrical, muscular histioteuthid that is known only from five squid captured in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands.

Brief diagnosis:

A Histioteuthis ...
  • with a single sawtooth in Basal Row of photophores.
  • with virtually symmetrical outer sucker rings in ventromarginal series on club manus.

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