Bush-club Squid
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| Bush-club Squid | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Teuthida |
| Family: | Batoteuthidae Young & Roper, 1968 |
| Genus: | Batoteuthis Young & Roper, 1968 |
| Species: | B. skolops |
| Binomial name | |
| Batoteuthis skolops Young & Roper, 1968 |
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Bush-club Squid (Batoteuthis skolops) is the single rare species in genus Batoteuthis, which is the only genus in family Batoteuthidae. The squid is found in Antarctic waters, and reaches a mantle length of at least 350 mm. Some features of this creature are a small head, a long tail and a very peculiar tentacle with six series of suckers on the club.
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