Species

Doryteuthis opalescens (Opalescent inshore squid)

Doryteuthis opalescens. Photo: (c) kejunge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Doryteuthis opalescens, the opalescent inshore squid is a small squid (mantle length (ML) up to 190 mm) in the family Loliginidae. It is a myopsid squid, which is the near shore group and that means that they have corneas over their eyes. The species lives in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Mexico’s Baja California peninsula to Alaska, United States, and as an inshore squid it can be found with a range of 200 miles (320 km) off the…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Mollusca (Molluscs)
    - Class: Cephalopoda (Cephalopods)
      - Subclass: Coleoidea (Octopuses, squids, and cuttlefishes)
        Superorder: Decapodiformes (Squids and cuttlefishes)
        Order: Myopsida (Inshore squids)
        Family: Loliginidae (Pencil squids)
        Genus: Doryteuthis (Gahi-group pencil squids)
        Species: Doryteuthis opalescens (Opalescent inshore squid)

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