Flowervase Jewell Squid

Taxobox
name = Flowervase Jewell Squid


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
subclassis = Coleoidea
ordo = Teuthida
subordo = Oegopsina
familia = Histioteuthidae
genus = "Histioteuthis"
species = "H. hoylei"
binomial = "Histioteuthis hoylei"
binomial_authority = (Goodrich, 1896)
synonyms =
*"Histioteuthis dofleini"
Pfeffer, 1912
*"Stigmatoteuthis chuni"
Pfeffer, 1912
*"Stigmatoteuthis arcturi"
Robson, 1948

The Flowervase Jewell Squid, "Histioteuthis hoylei", is a species of cock-eyed squid. It is native to tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.Norman, M.D. 2000. "Cephalopods: A World Guide". ConchBooks, Hackenheim.] It grows to 20 cm in mantle length. The eyes of this species are highly dimorphic. [Young, R.E. 1975. Function of the dimorphic eyes in the midwater squid "Histioteuthis dofleini". "Pacific Science" 29(2): 211–218.]

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