Genus

Dosidicus

Dosidicus gigas. Photo: (c) Evy Couling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

The Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas), also known as jumbo squid, jumbo flying squid, pota, or diablo rojo, is a large, predatory squid living in the waters of the Humboldt Current in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the only species of the genus Dosidicus of the subfamily Ommastrephinae, family Ommastrephidae.

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Mollusca (Molluscs)
    - Class: Cephalopoda (Cephalopods)
      - Subclass: Coleoidea (Octopuses, squids, and cuttlefishes)
        Superorder: Decapodiformes (Squids and cuttlefishes)
        Order: Oegopsida (Pelagic squids)
        Superfamily: Cranchioidea (Cranch squids and flying squids)
        Family: Ommastrephidae (Flying squids)
        Subfamily: Ommastrephinae (Greater flying squids)
        Genus: Dosidicus
        Species: Dosidicus gigas (Humboldt squid)

Subtaxa

Species: Dosidicus gigas (Humboldt squid)

Genus

Dosidicus

Subtaxa

Where in Humboldt

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