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bigeye inshore squid
Doryteuthis ocula
Doryteuthis ocula, commonly known as the bigeye inshore squid, is a species of squid in the family Loliginidae. It is also known as Loligo ocula. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, and the Western Atlantic around Cuba. It is found in depths between 250 m and 360 m from the surface.
From the article Doryteuthis ocula on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
D. ocula has a blunt mantle, with rounded rhomboidal fins. It is a small-sized squid, with a mantle length up to 127 mm. It has robust tentacles, clubs expanded.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Anatomy”
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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 700318.