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Whiplash Squid (Mastigoteuthis flammea)

Mastigoteuthis flammea, commonly known as the whiplash squid, is a species of deep-sea squid found in the tropical and s...

Rare Atlantic Deep Sea Long Tentacles

7.8 Good

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Promachoteuthis sloani

Promachoteuthis sloani is a rare and poorly understood species of deep-sea squid belonging to the family Promachoteuthid...

Rare Deep Sea Southern Ocean Mesopelagic

7.4 Good

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Idioteuthis cordiformis

Idioteuthis cordiformis is a species of deep-sea squid belonging to the family Mastigoteuthidae, found primarily in the...

Rare Deep Sea Mesopelagic Mastigoteuthidae

7.0 Good

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Chtenopteryx sicula

Chtenopteryx sicula is a species of deep-sea squid belonging to the family Chtenopterygidae, commonly known as comb-fin...

Mediterranean Rare Deep Sea Chtenopterygidae

7.0 Good

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Onykia carriboea

Onykia carriboea is a medium-sized hooked squid in the family Onychoteuthidae, a group recognized for the toothed hooks...

Rare Caribbean Deep Sea Onychoteuthidae

6.7 Fair

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Illex oxygonius

Illex oxygonius, commonly called the sharptail shortfin squid, is a marine squid in the family Ommastrephidae. It occurs...

Rare Deep Sea North Atlantic Ommastrephidae

6.6 Fair

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Lampadioteuthis megaleia

A rare mesopelagic squid in the family Lycoteuthidae found in tropical and subtropical oceanic waters, known from only a...

Rare Deep Sea Bioluminescent Mesopelagic

6.6 Fair

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Nototeuthis dimegacotyle

A squid of the family Neoteuthidae found in Southern Ocean waters, notable for the unusually large suckers present on bo...

Rare Deep Sea Southern Ocean Subantarctic

6.6 Fair

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Todarodes angolensis

An ommastrephid squid found in the eastern Atlantic off the west African coast, particularly in Angolan waters, contribu...

Rare African South Atlantic Flying

6.5 Fair

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Doryteuthis roperi

A loliginid squid (family Loliginidae) occurring in the western Atlantic from the southeastern United States to Brazil,...

Coastal Rare Atlantic Deep Sea

6.5 Fair

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Lycoteuthis springeri

A lycoteuthid squid found in the western Atlantic Ocean, named to recognize contributions to deep-sea cephalopod researc...

Rare Deep Sea Bioluminescent Western Atlantic

6.4 Fair

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Chtenopteryx septentrionalis

A comb-finned squid (family Chtenopterygidae) distributed in the northern Atlantic Ocean, distinguished from its congene...

Rare Deep Sea North Atlantic Chtenopterygidae

6.4 Fair

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Chtenopteryx canariensis

Chtenopteryx canariensis is a species of comb-fin squid in the family Chtenopterygidae. It was identified in material co...

Rare Atlantic Deep Sea Chtenopterygidae

6.4 Fair

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Planctoteuthis oligobessa

A mastigoteuthid squid found in tropical and subtropical oceanic waters, one of several Planctoteuthis species adapted t...

Small Rare Deep Sea Mesopelagic

6.3 Fair

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Walvisteuthis virilis

A deep-sea squid (family Neoteuthidae) named after Walvis Bay off the coast of Namibia, where type specimens were first...

Rare South Atlantic Deep Sea Mesopelagic

6.3 Fair

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Planctoteuthis lippula

Planctoteuthis lippula is a deep-water squid species in the family Chiroteuthidae, within the genus Planctoteuthis. The...

Rare Deep Sea Elongated Mesopelagic

6.2 Fair

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Egea inermis

A small sepiolid squid (family Sepiolidae) of the Mediterranean Sea, notable for reduced arm armature reflected in the s...

Glass Rare Deep Sea Southern

6.1 Fair

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Muusoctopus longibrachus

A deep-sea octopus of the family Octopodidae found in the North Atlantic, distinguished by its notably elongated arms re...

Rare Deep Sea Benthic Abyssal

5.9 Mediocre

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Batoteuthis skolops

Batoteuthis skolops is a rare deepwater squid and the sole recognized member of the family Batoteuthidae. It inhabits An...

Rare Deep Sea Southern Ocean Batoteuthid Squid

3.5 Poor

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Joubiniteuthis portieri

Joubiniteuthis portieri, commonly called Joubin's squid, is a rare deep-sea squid that constitutes the monotypic family...

Rare Atlantic Deep Sea Joubins Squid

3.5 Poor