| Ornithoteuthis volatilis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Ommastrephidae |
| Subfamily: | Ommastrephinae |
| Genus: | Ornithoteuthis |
| Species: | O. volatilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ornithoteuthis volatilis | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Ommastrephes volatilis Sasaki, 1915 | |
Ornithoteuthis volatilis, the shiny bird squid, is a squid from the subfamily Ommastrephinae, the flying squids, of the family Ommastrephidae part of the pelagic squid order Oegopsida. It is a tropical and sub-tropical species which is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific oceans. It is slightly larger than the closely related species Ornithoteuthis antillarum of the Atlantic Ocean.
- ^ Barratt, I. & Allcock, L. (2014). "Ornithoteuthis volatilis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T163232A987711. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163071A968661.en. Downloaded on 11 March 2018.
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