Cock-eyed Squid

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Cock-eyed Squid

Histioteuthis sp.
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Histioteuthis has a MOVE of 2.


Histioteuthis lives at depths of around 1500 ft (500-1000 meters).

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Histioteuthis is a genus of squid and the only member of the Histioteuthidae family. It goes by the English 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 [...]

Histioteuthis is a genus of squid and the only member of the Histioteuthidae family. It goes by the English 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. They live at depths of around 1500 ft. (500-1000 meters)

(From Wikipedia, April 27, 2010)

One Comment

  1. dcb
    Posted September 8, 2010 at 3:52 am | Permalink

    I’m thinking Cock-eyed Squid may be a better common name.

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