Hyaloteuthis
Genus of squids / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The glassy flying squid or glass squid (Hyaloteuthis pelagica) is the only species of the genus Hyaloteuthis of the subfamily Ommastrephinae, family Ommastrephidae. The Squid is 9 cm (3.5 in) long.[2]
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Hyaloteuthis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Oegopsida |
Family: | Ommastrephidae |
Subfamily: | Ommastrephinae |
Genus: | Hyaloteuthis |
Species: | H. pelagica |
Binomial name | |
Hyaloteuthis pelagica (Bosc, 1802) | |
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The genus contains bioluminescent species.[3]