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The Atlantic bobtail squid is a small marine cephalopod belonging to the family Sepiolidae, found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. This benthic species inhabits shallow coastal waters, where it buries itself in sand or mud during the day. It is well known for its mutuali...

The southern dumpling squid is a small species of bobtail squid native to the shallow coastal waters of southern and eastern Australia. It is a nocturnal predator that hides in the sand during the day. This species is extensively used as a model organism in biological research due to its mutualistic...

Abralia veranyi, commonly known as Verany's enope squid, is a small species of enoploteuthid squid found in the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is characterized by rows of photophores located across its ventral mantle and arms, which are used for bioluminescent counter-illuminat...

Doryteuthis plei, commonly referred to as the slender inshore squid, is a species of loliginid squid native to the western Atlantic Ocean. Its range extends from the Caribbean Sea down to southeastern Brazil, favoring coastal and tropical waters. This squid is relatively small, reaching mantle lengt...

The Atlantic brief squid is a small loliginid squid species inhabiting the coastal waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, ranging from the Chesapeake Bay down to Brazil. It is notably one of the smallest squid species targeted by commercial fisheries, typically reaching a mantle length of only a few...

Australiteuthis aldrichi is a small species of squid endemic to the coastal waters of northern Australia, representing the sole member of the monotypic genus Australiteuthis within the family Loliginidae. This species is distinguished by its unique reproductive morphology; notably, the males lack a...

Abraliopsis pfefferi is a small species of bioluminescent squid belonging to the family Enoploteuthidae, commonly found in the mesopelagic zones of the Indo-Pacific Ocean. This species is characterized by distinct rows of photophores located on its ventral mantle and eyes, which it uses for counter-...

Loliolus beka is a small species of pencil squid belonging to the family Loliginidae, widely distributed across the coastal and estuarine waters of the western Indo-Pacific. Its habitat range extends from the Persian Gulf and Red Sea eastward to Japan, the Philippines, and northern Australia. This b...

Uroteuthis noctiluca is a species of squid within the family Loliginidae, predominantly found in the warm coastal waters of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific. It is highly distinct among shallow-water squids for its natural bioluminescence, possessing specialized light organs on its ventral s...

Pyroteuthis addolux is a small oceanic squid in the family Pyroteuthidae, a group of luminous cephalopods adapted to life in the open water. It inhabits the mesopelagic zone of tropical and subtropical seas, where sunlight is weak but still useful to predators hunting from below. Ventral photophores...

Rondeletiola minor is a small bobtail squid in the family Sepiolidae, a group of compact cephalopods that spend much of their time near the seabed or in the lower water column. It is recorded from the Mediterranean Sea and the northeastern Atlantic and has the rounded body, fins, and ventral light-p...

Pterygioteuthis microlampas is a small squid in the family Pyroteuthidae, recorded from the Indo-Pacific Ocean. It is distinguished by minute photophores, the light-producing organs whose arrangement is reflected in the specific epithet microlampas, meaning "small lights." The species is relevant to...

Pterygioteuthis giardi is a small mesopelagic squid in the family Pyroteuthidae, distributed in tropical and subtropical parts of the Atlantic Ocean. Its identity combines a deep-pelagic habitat with the bioluminescent biology associated with pyroteuthid squids. The species name honors the French bi...

The lesser flying squid, Todaropsis eblanae, is a small squid of the family Ommastrephidae found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It is associated with coastal shelf waters and is distinguished from larger ommastrephid squids by its compact size and broad regional distributio...

Enoploteuthis chuni is a taxonomic name associated with a species of oceanic squid in the family Enoploteuthidae. The accepted spelling is commonly given as Enoploteuthis chunii, and the species is listed in marine taxonomic databases under that combination. Enoploteuthid squids are open-water cepha...

Onychoteuthis compacta is a marine squid in the family Onychoteuthidae; the name Ornithoteuthis compacta is an older or incorrect combination for the taxon. The species was described from Hawaiian cephalopod material and is accepted in current marine taxonomic databases as Onychoteuthis compacta. It...

Lolliguncula mercatoris is a small species of brief squid in the family Loliginidae. It occurs in the western Atlantic, including waters of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, and is associated with shallow coastal and continental-shelf environments. The species is a nearshore cephalopod rather than a...

Doryteuthis sanpaulensis is a species of long-finned squid in the family Loliginidae, native to the southwestern Atlantic along the coasts of Brazil and Uruguay. It is a relatively small coastal squid associated with continental-shelf waters and is taken in regional fisheries. The species was named...

A bobtail squid in the family Sepiolidae found across Indo-Pacific coastal waters, distinguished by its notably slender arm tips among Euprymna species.

A small loliginid squid found in shallow inshore and shelf waters of the western Pacific, occurring primarily around Japan and East Asian coastlines.

A small bobtail squid of the family Sepiolidae found in Indo-Pacific waters including Australia and Japan, named for its iridescent coloration.

A bobtail squid of the family Sepiolidae found in the Indo-Pacific, named after the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross that collected the type specimens.

Abraliopsis felis is a small species of enoploteuthid squid found in cool temperate waters of the North Pacific Ocean. It belongs to a family of oceanic squids that commonly possess light-producing organs, and the species is associated with the genus Abraliopsis, whose members are studied as part of...

Sepiolina nipponensis, commonly called the Japanese bobtail squid, is a small bobtail squid in the family Sepiolidae. It is recorded from the western Pacific, including waters around southern Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, and parts of the Australian region, and adults reach about 2.5 centimeters i...

A small ommastrephid squid (family Ommastrephidae) distributed across the Indo-Pacific, representing one of the smallest species in an otherwise commercially important flying-squid family.

Sepioloidea pacifica is a marine cephalopod currently accepted as a species in the family Sepiadariidae. It was originally described as Sepiola pacifica from material collected near New Zealand, and its known range extends through the southern Pacific Ocean. The species is a small inshore bottletail...

Inioteuthis japonica is a species of bobtail squid in the family Sepiolidae. It is native to the western Pacific, with records from waters around China, Taiwan, and southern Japan. The species is a small marine cephalopod rather than a true cuttlefish, despite the compact body and rounded fins typic...

Uroteuthis pickfordae is a small inshore squid in the family Loliginidae. It is also known by the taxonomic name Doryteuthis pickfordae and by the common name Siboga squid. Available records place the species in Indo-Pacific waters, including the region around Flores, Indonesia, where it occurs in c...

A mastigoteuthid squid found in tropical and subtropical oceanic waters, one of several Planctoteuthis species adapted to a planktonic mesopelagic lifestyle with extensible tentacles.