Histioteuthis

Histioteuthis
Histioteuthis
Scientific classification
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
Beak of Histioteuthis bonellii

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.

Species

  • bonnellii species-group
    • Histioteuthis bonnellii, Umbrella Squid
    • Histioteuthis machrohista
  • reversa species-group
    • Histioteuthis altaninae
    • Histioteuthis atlantica
    • Histioteuthis reversa, Reverse Jewell Squid
  • hoylei species-group
    • Histioteuthis arcturi
    • Histioteuthis hoylei, Flowervase Jewell Squid
  • celetaria subspecies-group
    • Histioteuthis celetaria celetaria
    • Histioteuthis celetaria pacifica
  • corona subspecies-group
    • Histioteuthis corona berryi
    • Histioteuthis corona cerasina
    • Histioteuthis corona corona
    • Histioteuthis corona inermis
  • miranda species-group
    • Histioteuthis miranda
    • Histioteuthis oceani
  • meleagroteuthis species-group
    • Histioteuthis heteropsis
    • Histioteuthis meleagroteuthis

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