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Grass Squid

Pickfordiateuthis pulchella

Classification

Pickfordiateuthis pulchella, the grass squid, is a species of squid in the family Loliginidae. There was a single specimen of Pickfordiateuthis pulchella found when testing 246 specimens available in the area of Cabo de São Tomé (22°S) and Cananéia (25°S) at depths down to 200 m (660 ft) from 1991 to 2005. The amount of this species peaked in different areas and were associated with distinct oceanographic conditions.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 5France · 2Mexico · 2United States of America · 2