A member of the genus Histioteuthis. Eye asymmetry is observable.
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Oegopsida
Family:
Histioteuthidae
Genus:
Histioteuthis Orbigny, 1841[1]
Type species
Cranchia bonnellii
Férussac, 1834
Species
17 species and subspecies, see text
Synonyms[1]
Calliteuthis Verrill, 1880
Histiopsis Hoyle, 1885
Histiothauma Robson, 1948
Hoylia Cossmann, 1900
Lolidona Risso, 1854
Meleagroteuthis Pfeffer, 1900
Beak of Histioteuthis bonnellii
Histioteuthis is a genus of squid in the family Histioteuthidae. It goes by the common name cock-eyed squid, because in all species the right eye is normal-sized, round, blue and sunken; whereas the left eye is at least twice the diameter of the right eye, tubular, yellow-green, faces upward, and bulges out of the head.
In 2017, researchers at Duke University established that Histioteuthis uses its larger eye to see ambient sunlight, and its smaller eye to detect bioluminescence from prey animals.[2]
The name is composed of the Greek histion (ἱστίον, "sail", a large webbed membrane between six of the arms, in some species) and teuthis ("squid").[3][4]
The genus contains bioluminescent species.[5]
^ abJulian Finn (2016). "Histioteuthis d'Orbigny [in Férussac & d'Orbigny], 1841". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
^Mismatched Eyes Help Squid Survive Ocean’s Twilight Zone, at Duke University; by Kara Manke; published February 13, 2017; retrieved June 25, 2017
^Catlow, Agnes (1854). Popular Conchology. Longman. p. 364. Histioteuthis, sail, and cuttlefish
^Chun, Carl (1975). The Cephalopoda. Israel Program for Scientific Translations. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-7065-1259-5. Histioteuthis is characterized by such a large membrane ("sail") [...] This "sail" is a strong, muscular cutaneous membrane which surrounds the 1st, 2nd and 3rd arms
^Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.
cavirostris). Illustration from Die Cephalopoden Histioteuthis bonnellii by Ernst Haeckel (as "Histioteuthis Rüppellii") Arms and tentacles Lower and upper...
Vecchione, Michael. "Histioteuthis reversa". Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 2014-03-17. D. Boltovskoy (ed.). "Histioteuthis reversa". Zooplankton...
Histioteuthis heteropsis (H. heteropsis), also known as the strawberry squid, is a species of small cock-eyed squid. The scientific nomenclature of these...
Edward (1975). "Function of the dimorphic eyes in the midwater squid Histioteuthis dofleini". Pacific Science. 29 (2): 211–8. hdl:10125/953. "CephBase:...
glass squid across its range, particularly the elongate jewel squid (Histioteuthis reversa) and Taonius. The throat grooves and the developed musculature...
carried out around the Galápagos, found that squid from the genera Histioteuthis (62%), Ancistrocheirus (16%), and Octopoteuthis (7%) weighing between...
: 43–55 A study in the Galápagos found that squid from the genera Histioteuthis (62%), Ancistrocheirus (16%), and Octopoteuthis (7%) weighing between...
diet is composed of squid varieties, such as the Chiroteuthis, the Histioteuthis, and the Onychoteuthis, the Sthenoteuthis and the Todarodes; and other...
their mantle length than those of the giant squid; the same is true of Histioteuthis species. Gonatids and the loliginids Loligo and Lolliguncula also have...
Galiteuthis glacialis (which has round tubercles); Histioteuthis meleagroteuthis and Histioteuthis miranda (tuberculate ridges); Mastigoteuthis danae...
Glaucus atlanticus that develops asymmetrical cerata as they mature. Histioteuthis is a genus of squid, commonly known as the cock-eyed squid, because...
light emitted by favored prey, such as the squids Heteroteuthis dispar, Histioteuthis spp., Lycoteuthis lorigera, and Taningia danae. In the Mediterranean...
Nymphalidae Heteropsis (plant), a genus of plants in the family Araceae Histioteuthis heteropsis, a small squid species with two very differently-sized and...
unknown. This species feeds on cephalopods such as those of the genus Histioteuthis and Todarodes sagittatus. Although the species is often caught using...
Gonostoma) and squid (including members of the genera Chiroteuthis and Histioteuthis). Catch records suggest that the spined pygmy shark follows its prey...
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