#umbrella squid

[blondebrainpowered]

A group of umbrella squid in Spencer Bay, Waiala, South Australia.

Photographer: © Gary Bell/Minden Picture

[etakeh]

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[redlenai]

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[modernizor]

[biomedicalephemera]

Histioteuthis ruppelli (now Histioteuthis bonelli) - The Umbrella Squid

The umbrella squid is a member of the genus Histioteuthis, or the cock-eyed squid. This genus is characterized by a right eye similar in size to other squids of the same mass, but a left eye that's at least twice as large as the right.

The head of the Histeoteuthidae has no tentacle pockets, its club arms often have sharp hooks, and it has no corneal coverings over its eyes. In contrast, the largest family of squid (Loligo) have club tentacles without hooks, and have corneal coverings that allow a sort of "blinking" to take place.

Images:

Die Cephalopoden. Carl Chun, 1910.

Kunstformen der Natur. Ernst Haeckel, 1900.

[animaltoday]

Histioteuthis Bonellii 

[animaltoday]

Jewelled Squid aka Umbrella Squid (Histioteuthis Bonellii) - 

A rather large species for its genus, this cockeyed squid lives throughout the Atlantic Ocean with a mantle length up to 13 in. There may be several separate populations of this squid throughout its region. 

The small "jewels" along its body are photophores.  All species have the same number of photophores with the same pattern of distribution. 

Their population is somewhat unknown, as their habitat is so wide, and their numbers so unevenly distributed.  They are known to be vulnerable to over fishing and pollution.