Pickfordiateuthis pulchella
Pickfordiateuthis pulchella, the grass squid, is a species of squid in the family Loliginidae.[3] There was a single specimen of Pickfordiateuthis pulchella found when testing 246 specimens available in the area of Cabo de São Tomé (22°S) and Cananéia (25°S) at depths down to 200 meters from 1991 to 2005. The amount of this specie peaked in different areas and were associated with distinct oceanographic conditions.
Grass squid | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Myopsida |
Family: | Loliginidae |
Genus: | Pickfordiateuthis |
Species: | P. pulchella |
Binomial name | |
Pickfordiateuthis pulchella | |
References
- Costa de Araujo, Carolina (2 November 2017). "Distribution patterns of loliginid squid paralarvae in relation to the oceanographic features off the South Brazil Bight (22°–25°S)". Fisheries Oceanography. 27 (1): 63-75. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- Julian Finn (2016). "Pickfordiateuthis pulchella Voss, 1953". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- Voss, G.L. 1953. A new family, genus and species of myopsid squid from the Florida Keys. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 2(4): 602–609.
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