Southern Bobtail Squid [Euprymna tasmanica]
Description
Found in the Southern Ocean waters off southern Australia, this species is small and has a distinctive light organ that it uses as camouflage to match the moon or starlight, effectively becoming invisible from below. It feeds on small shrimp and displays a unique symbiotic relationship with bioluminescent bacteria, which inhabit a special light organ in the squid's mantle cavity.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Mollusks
Mollusca
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|---|---|
| Class |
Squids, Octopuses, and Cuttlefish
Cephalopoda
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| Order |
Bobtail and Bottletail Squids
Sepiolida
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| Family |
Bobtail Squids
Sepiolidae
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| Genus |
Bobtail Squids
Euprymna
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