Pickfordiateuthis vossi

Pickfordiateuthis vossi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Myopsida
Family:	Loliginidae
Genus:	Pickfordiateuthis
Species:	P. vossi
Binomial name
Pickfordiateuthis vossi Brakoniecki, 1996

Pickfordiateuthis vossi, commonly known as Voss' grass squid, is a small species of squid in the family Loliginidae. P. Vossi has a mantle length of 15mm (female) and 13mm (male) at maturity.^[1] It has a long, slender body and large eyes, characteristic of deep-sea squid species. Found in the Eastern Central Pacific Ocean. They are demersal and are found in tropical oceans,^[2] mid-water to deep-water environments. This species was originally described in 1996.^[3]

References

1. CEPHALOPODS-Vol2.vp (fao.org)
2. Pickfordiateuthis vossi (sealifebase.ca)
3. Brakoniecki, Thomas F. (1996-01-01). "A Revision of the Genus Pickfordiateuthis Voss, 1953 (Cephalopoda; Myopsida)". Bulletin of Marine Science. 58 (1): 9–28.