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Pencil Squids
Loliginidae
The Loliginidae, commonly known as pencil squids, are an aquatic family of the order Teuthida (squid).
10 branches of this family, most-observed first

Reef Squids
genusSepioteuthis

Doryteuthis
genusDoryteuthis

Loligo
genusLoligo

Brief Squids
genusLolliguncula

Uroteuthis
genusUroteuthis

Alloteuthis
genusAlloteuthis

Loliolus
genusLoliolus

Pickford's Squids
genusPickfordiateuthis

Heterololigo
genusHeterololigo

Afrololigo
genusAfrololigo
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 49441.