Hyaloteuthis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Oegopsida |
Family: | Ommastrephidae |
Subfamily: | Ommastrephinae |
Genus: | Hyaloteuthis |
Species: | H. pelagica
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Binomial name | |
Hyaloteuthis pelagica (Bosc, 1802)
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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.[2]
The genus contains bioluminescent species.[3]