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octopod squid

Octopoteuthis sicula

Classification

Octopoteuthis is a genus of squid, one of the two referred to as octopus squid (family Octopoteuthidae), the other being Taningia, its sister genus. Both Octopoteuthis and Taningia are characterized by their lack of tentacles for the majority of their life cycle, which led to their common name. Classification This genus is separated from Taningia by adults possessing spindle-shaped photophores on the tips of all 8 arms (as opposed to a globular pair on a single arm pair in Taningia); the presence of additional photophores embedded in the mantle, head, and arms (the location and sizes of…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 10Portugal · 1