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Histioteuthis heteropsis

Synonyms: Calliteuthis heteropsis

Wikipedia Abstract

Histioteuthis heteropsis, the Cock-eyed Squid, also known as the Strawberry Squid, is a species of cock-eyed squid. These squid are named for their peculiar set of differently sized eyes, one being small and blue and the other being large and yellowish. It is thought that the large eye is used to spy for food and predators in the down-welling light above the squid, while the smaller eye peers into the darkness below, seeking out bio-luminescent signals.
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♦ 1CephBase - Cephalopod (Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish and Nautilus) Database
♦ 2Population status, foods and foraging of Laysan albatrosses Phoebastria immutabilis nesting on Guadalupe Island, Mexico, Robert L. Pitman, William A. Walker, William T. Everett, Juan Pablo Gallo–Reynoso, Marine Ornithology 32: 159–165 (2004)
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4FEEDING ECOLOGY OF THE DARK-RUMPED PETREL IN THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, M. J. Imber, J. B. Cruz, J. S. Grove, R. J. Lavenberg, C. C. Swift, F. Cruz, The Condor 94:437-447 (1992)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0