Pickfordiateuthis pulchella

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Grass squid
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Myopsida
Family: Loliginidae
Genus: Pickfordiateuthis
Species:
P. pulchella
Binomial name
Pickfordiateuthis pulchella
Voss, 1953[2]

Pickfordiateuthis pulchella, the grass squid, is a species of squid in the family Loliginidae.[3] There was a single specimen of Pickfordiateuthis pulchella found when testing 246 specimens available in the area of

sea grass
. These are small (22 mm ML max.), muscular squids that occupy neritic waters often in association with small patch reefs and seagrass (Voss, 1953). In spite of the accessible habitat, the squid is rarely captured and little is known of its biology.

References

  1. . Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  2. ^ Julian Finn (2016). "Pickfordiateuthis pulchella Voss, 1953". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  3. ^ Voss, G.L. 1953. A new family, genus and species of myopsid squid from the Florida Keys. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 2(4): 602–609.