| Hyaloteuthis | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Ommastrephidae |
| Subfamily: | Ommastrephinae |
| Genus: | Hyaloteuthis |
| Species: | H. pelagica |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyaloteuthis pelagica (Bosc, 1802) | |
The glassy flying squid or glass squid (Hyaloteuthis pelagica) is the only species of the genus Hyaloteuthis of the subfamily Ommastrephinae, family Ommastrephidae. The Squid is 9 cm (3.5 in) long.
The genus contains bioluminescent species.
References
- Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2014). "Hyaloteuthis pelagica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T163294A994542. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163294A994542.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- Nesis, K. N. 1982. Abridged key to the cephalopod mollusks of the world's ocean. 385, ii pp. Light and Food Industry Publishing House, Moscow. (In Russian.). Translated into English by B. S. Levitov, ed. by L. A. Burgess (1987), Cephalopods of the world. T. F. H. Publications, Neptune City, NJ, 351pp.
- Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.
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