Pickfordiateuthis pulchella
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. They are often found in sea grass.
| Grass squid | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Myopsida |
| Family: | Loliginidae |
| Genus: | Pickfordiateuthis |
| Species: | P. pulchella |
| Binomial name | |
| Pickfordiateuthis pulchella Voss, 1953 | |
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