Loligo bleekeri
Sign in to saveHeterololigo is a monotypic genus of squids containing the single species Heterololigo bleekeri. It was formerly classified in the genus Loligo; some authors still include it there, but DNA evidence supports its separation into a genus of its own. This species is known by the common name spear squid, or yari-ika in Japanese.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Loligo bleekeri is referenced by 8 other articles, and connects out to Japan, Animalia and Japanese.
Vinony files it under Cephalopods described in 1866, Cephalopods of Asia and Loliginidae.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
spear squid
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassCephalopoda
- OrderMyopsida
- FamilyLoliginidae
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Heterololigo is a monotypic genus of squids containing the single species Heterololigo bleekeri. It was formerly classified in the genus Loligo; some authors still include it there, but DNA evidence supports its separation into a genus of its own. This species is known by the common name spear squid, or yari-ika in Japanese.
== Lifespan == It has a life span of about one year.
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