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Pickfordiateuthis bayeri

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Species of squid

Pickfordiateuthis bayeri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Myopsida
Family: Loliginidae
Genus: Pickfordiateuthis
Species: P. bayeri
Binomial name
Pickfordiateuthis bayeri
Roper & Vecchione, 2001

Pickfordiateuthis bayeri, or Bayer’s grass squid, is a species of squid in the family Loliginidae. Discovered in 2001 in the Atlantic Ocean discovered by a submersible (Roper C.F.E. & Vecchione M). A small squid, the female specimens sized between 23 and 26 mm mantle length. Found in the western Atlantic Ocean, particularly in the Caribbean region. Specimens were collected from a swarm of squid at ~110m depth.

References

  1. Molluscabase - Pickfordiateuthis bayeri Roper & Vecchione, 2001
  2. WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pickfordiateuthis bayeri Roper & Vecchione, 2001
  3. Jereb, P. (2010). "CEPHALOPODS OF THE WORLD" (PDF).
  1. Molluscabase - Pickfordiateuthis bayeri Roper & Vecchione, 2001
  2. WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pickfordiateuthis bayeri Roper & Vecchione, 2001
  3. Fao.org
Taxon identifiers
Pickfordiateuthis bayeri
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