Histioteuthis inermis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Oegopsida |
Family: | Histioteuthidae |
Genus: | Histioteuthis |
Species: | H. inermis |
Binomial name | |
Histioteuthis inermis (Taki, 1964) | |
Synonyms | |
Histioteuthis inermis(Taki, 1964) |
Histioteuthis inermis is a species of cock-eyed squid. [1] [2] [3] The species is heavily concentrated in the Mediterranean Sea but has been observed i numerous other parts of the world, including off the coasts of the eastern United States, South Africa, Australia and India. [4]
Histioteuthis is a genus of squid in the family Histioteuthidae. It goes by the common name cock-eyed squid, because in all species the right eye is normal-sized, round, blue and sunken; whereas the left eye is at least twice the diameter of the right eye, tubular, yellow-green, faces upward, and bulges out of the head.
Histioteuthidae is a family of Oegopsid squid. The family was previously considered to be monotypic but the World Register of Marine Species assigns two genera to this family.
Heteroconchia is a taxonomic infraclass of diverse bivalve molluscs, belonging to the subclass Autobranchia.
Anodonta is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
Hungerfordia is a genus of small land snails with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae endemic to the Republic of Palau. Many of the members of this genus inhabit limestone cliffs or rubble, especially in the Rock Islands (Chelbacheb) in Airai, Koror, and Peleliu states. As of 2022, there are 41 described species in this genus. A series of revisions in 2013 - 2015 described several new species, as well as transferring Palauan members of the genus Diplommatina or Palaina into Hungerfordia.
Chionopsis intapurpurea, the lady in waiting venus, is a species of marine bivalve from the family Veneridae in the genus Chionopsis. It was discovered in 1849 and can be found on both coasts from the United States to Southern Brazil.
Volvarina dirbergi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, of the margin snails.
Histioteuthis celeteria, also known as the elegant jewel squid, is a species of cock-eyed squid. The species is distributed across the Atlantic Ocean, and can be found from aa depth of 0 meters to a depth of about 1,010 m (3,310 ft). The maximum length of the species is 8.7 cm (3.4 in).
Histioteuthis cerasina is a species of cock-eyed squid. The species can be found residing in multiple places, including off the coast of Chile.
Histioteuthis eltaninae is a species of cock-eyed squid. The species has been observed and documented off the coast of New Zealand.
Histioteuthis corona is a species of cock-eyed squid. The species has been observed sporadically in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and is also largely concentrated off the coast of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico.
Histioteuthis macrohista is a species of cock-eyed squid. The species has been documented ~35 times off of the southern coast of Australia, and has also been observed in New Zealand.
Histioteuthis atlantica is a species of cock-eyed squid. The species has been observer an estimated 92 times since records began, all off the coast of southern Australia, particularly near Tasmania. It was described by zoologist William Evans Hoyle in 1885.
Histioteuthi pacifica is a species of cock-eyed squid. The species has been documented off the coasts of Bangladesh and Australia.
Histioteuthis oceani is a species of cock-eyed squid. The species can be found residing within the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Histioteuthis miranda is a species of cock-eyed squid. The species largely resides in the Indo-Pacific Ocean, and members are gonochoric.
Histioteuthis berryi is a species of cock-eyed squid. The species believed to reside largely in the North Atlantic Ocean, and have also been observed off the coast of California.
Uroteuthis vossi is a species of squid from the genus Uroteuthis. The species can be found in the Pacific Ocean, and members are gonochoric.