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Fire squid
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Pyroteuthidae (the fire squids) is a family of squids. The family comprises two genera. Species are diurnally mesopelagic, migrating into surface waters during the night. The family is characterised by the tentacles, which have a permanent constriction and bend near the base; and photophores occurring on the tentacles, eyeballs, and viscera. Members reach mantle lengths of 23–50 mm. Paralarvae of the family are common around the Hawaiian Islands, with up to 17% of collected specimens in the area belonging to Pyroteuthidae.
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Family
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassCephalopoda
- OrderOegopsida
- FamilyPyroteuthidae
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Pyroteuthidae (the fire squids) is a family of squids. The family comprises two genera. Species are diurnally mesopelagic, migrating into surface waters during the night. The family is characterised by the tentacles, which have a permanent constriction and bend near the base; and photophores occurring on the tentacles, eyeballs, and viscera. Members reach mantle lengths of 23–50 mm. Paralarvae of the family are common around the Hawaiian Islands, with up to 17% of collected specimens in the area belonging to Pyroteuthidae.
==Species== Genus Pterygioteuthis Pterygioteuthis gemmata Pterygioteuthis giardi, roundear enope squid Pterygioteuthis hoylei Pterygioteuthis microlampas Genus Pyroteuthis Pyroteuthis addolux Pyroteuthis margaritifera, jewel enope squid Pyroteuthis serrata
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fire squid” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.