Hyaloteuthis

The glassy flying squid or glass squid (Hyaloteuthis pelagica) is the only species of the genus Hyaloteuthis of the subfamily Ommastrephinae, family Ommastrephidae.

Hyaloteuthis

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Ommastrephidae
Subfamily: Ommastrephinae
Genus: Hyaloteuthis
Species:
H. pelagica
Binomial name
Hyaloteuthis pelagica
(Bosc, 1802)

The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2]

References

  1. Barratt, I. & Allcock, L. (2014). "Hyaloteuthis pelagica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T163294A994542. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163294A994542.en.
  2. Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.


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