Reverse Jewell Squid

Taxobox
name = Reverse Jewell Squid


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
subclassis = Coleoidea
ordo = Teuthida
subordo = Oegopsina
familia = Histioteuthidae
genus = "Histioteuthis"
species = "H. reversa"
binomial = "Histioteuthis reversa"
binomial_authority = (Verrill, 1880)
synonyms =
*"Calliteuthis reversa"
Verrill, 1880
*"Calliteuthis meneghinii"
Pfeffer, 1912

The Reverse Jewell Squid, "Histioteuthis reversa", is a species of cock-eyed squid. It occurs in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; it has been recorded off the coasts of Canada, Japan, Madeira, [Clarke, M.R. & C.C. Lu 1995. Cephalopoda of Madeiran Waters. "Bol. Mus. Mun. Funchal." 4: 181–200.] Namibia,Bianchi, G., K.E. Carpenter, J.-P. Roux, F.J. Molloy, D. Boyer & H.J. Boyer 1999. "Field guide to the living marine resources of Namibia". FAO Species Identification Field Guide for Fishery Purposes, FAO, Rome.] New Zealand, Spain, Suriname, and the United States. [ [http://www.cephbase.utmb.edu/biogeo/eez.cfm?CephID=350 CephBase: Countries' Exclusive Economic Zones with "Histioteuthis reversa"] ]

"H. reversa" grows to 19 cm in mantle length.

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