Loliolus — Overview

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These are generally small squids with heart-shaped fins.

Brief diagnosis:

A loliginid ...

  • with short mantle, rounded posteriorly; fins wider than long but without posterior lobes.
  • with ventral crest on hectocotylus formed by fusion of the protective membrane with the ventral row of papillae.
  • with an Indo-Pacific distribution.

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