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Uroteuthis
Uroteuthis is a genus of 14 species of common inshore squids of the Indo-West Pacific and is further subdivided into 3 subgenera. The members of the Uroteuthis genus are the only squids of the Loliginidae family that possess photophores (light-emitting organs) and all species in the genus have a pair of photophore organs on the ventral surface of their ink sac either side of their intestine.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Indian Squid
speciesUroteuthis duvaucelii
Mitre Squid
speciesUroteuthis chinensis
Luminous bay squid
speciesUroteuthis noctiluca
swordtip squid
speciesUroteuthis edulis
Bartsch's squid
speciesUroteuthis bartschi
Siboga Squid
speciesUroteuthis sibogae
Flores Island Squid
speciesUroteuthis pickfordae
Uroteuthis abulati
speciesUroteuthis abulati
Uroteuthis arabica
speciesUroteuthis arabica
Uroteuthis bengalensis
speciesUroteuthis bengalensis
Mozambique squid
speciesUroteuthis machelae
Uroteuthis robsoni
speciesUroteuthis robsoni
Uroteuthis vossi
speciesUroteuthis vossi
Uroteuthis reesi
speciesUroteuthis reesi
Long Barrel Squid
speciesUroteuthis singhalensis
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 474812.