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Histioteuthis bonnellii

Bonnell's cock-eyed squid of the Atlantic and Mediterranean; a deep-sea histioteuthid with markedly asymmetric eyes, the...

Atlantic Deep Sea Bonnells Cockeyed Squid Histioteuthidae

7.5 Good

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Galiteuthis glacialis

Glass squid of the Southern Ocean; a large cranchiid reaching up to 1 m mantle length, nearly transparent in life, and a...

Transparent Antarctic Deep Sea Cranchiidae

7.5 Good

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Cranchia scabra

Rough glass squid of tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide; a cranchiid that inflates its mantle cavity with seawate...

Worldwide Transparent Pelagic Rough Glass Squid

7.0 Good

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Histioteuthis reversa

Reversed cock-eyed squid of the Atlantic; a histioteuthid where the enlarged eye is on the right rather than the left, o...

Atlantic Deep Sea Histioteuthidae Asymmetric Eyes

6.8 Fair

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Chiroteuthis veranyi

Chiroteuthis veranyi is a whiplash squid of the Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea, notable for its long slender body and gr...

Atlantic Deep Sea Chiroteuthidae Club Squid

6.0 Fair

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Lycoteuthis lorigera

A luminescent deep-sea squid of the Atlantic and Pacific bearing multiple photophore types distributed across the mantle...

Atlantic Deep Sea Bioluminescent Sculpted Squid

6.0 Fair

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Galiteuthis phyllura

Galiteuthis phyllura is a nearly transparent cranchiid glass squid of the North Pacific, using ammonium chloride stored...

Transparent Deep Sea North Pacific Cranchiidae

5.8 Mediocre

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Teuthowenia megalops

Teuthowenia megalops is a mesopelagic cranchiid squid of the Atlantic Ocean, named for its notably large eyes, with mega...

Transparent Pelagic North Atlantic Cranchiidae

5.8 Mediocre

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Mastigoteuthis agassizii

Mastigoteuthis agassizii is a whiplash squid of the Atlantic named after naturalist Louis Agassiz, with elongated tentac...

Atlantic Deep Sea Long Tentacles Agassiz Whiplash Squid

5.8 Mediocre

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Teuthowenia pellucida

Teuthowenia pellucida is a transparent glass squid of the Southern Ocean, notable for photophores positioned on its eyes...

Transparent Deep Sea Southern Ocean Cranchiidae

5.5 Mediocre

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Megalocranchia maxima

Megalocranchia maxima is one of the larger species in the glass squid family Cranchiidae, found in deep mesopelagic wate...

Large Deep Sea Southern Ocean Cranchiidae

5.5 Mediocre

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Chiroteuthis picteti

Chiroteuthis picteti is a deep-sea chiroteuthid squid of the Atlantic Ocean, characterized by a slender elongated body,...

Atlantic Deep Sea Elongated Chiroteuthidae

5.5 Mediocre

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Asperoteuthis acanthoderma

Asperoteuthis acanthoderma is a deep-sea chiroteuthid squid distinguished by small spiny skin tubercles, a feature refle...

Atlantic Deep Sea Elongated Chiroteuthidae

5.5 Mediocre

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Ancistroteuthis lichtensteinii

Ancistroteuthis lichtensteinii, the angel squid, is an onychoteuthid of the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean notable f...

Medium Atlantic Deep Sea Onychoteuthidae

5.5 Mediocre

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Lepidoteuthis grimaldii

The grimaldi scaled squid, a large bathypelagic species with distinctive scale-like skin tubercles, distributed across t...

Medium Atlantic Deep Sea Grimaldis Scaled Squid

5.5 Mediocre

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Leachia pacifica

Leachia pacifica is a small cranchiid glass squid of the Pacific Ocean, notable for its transparent body, large eyes, an...

Transparent Pelagic North Pacific Cranchiidae

5.2 Mediocre

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Histioteuthis celetaria

A cock-eyed squid of the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific with two recognized subspecies; a deep-sea histioteuthid bearing the...

Medium Atlantic Deep Sea Histioteuthidae

5.0 Mediocre

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Liocranchia reinhardti

Liocranchia reinhardti is a small glass squid of the family Cranchiidae, found widely in tropical and subtropical oceans...

Worldwide Transparent Pelagic Cranchiidae

5.0 Mediocre

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Pholidoteuthis adami

A large deep-sea squid of the family Pholidoteuthidae with scale-like skin tubercles, found in tropical and subtropical...

Large Atlantic Deep Sea Adams Scaled Squid

5.0 Mediocre

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Mastigoteuthis flammea

Mastigoteuthis flammea is a mastigoteuthid whiplash squid of the Atlantic Ocean, distinguished by vivid reddish-orange c...

Medium Atlantic Deep Sea Mastigoteuthidae

4.8 Poor