Histioteuthis heteropsis

Cock-Eyed Squid
Black and white picture of a Histioteuthis heteropsis Cock-eyed or Strawberry Squid, at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, June 27, 2014
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Cephalopoda
Order:Oegopsida
Family:Histioteuthidae
Genus:Histioteuthis
Species: H. heteropsis
Binomial name
Histioteuthis heteropsis
(Berry, 1913 )
Synonyms

Calliteuthis heteropsis (Berry, 1913 )

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.[1]

They are slow and not easily scared, even by submersibles.[2] H. heteropsis was exhibited publicly for the first time at the Monterey Bay Aquarium on June 27, 2014[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "We have a new visitor from the deep in our Tentacles special exhibition: the cock-eyed squid!". MBA Tumblr. Monterey Bay Aquarium. June 27, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Histioteuthis heteropsis". Tree of Life. Treeoflife web project. Retrieved 27 June 2014.

Further reading

  • Belman, Bruce W (1978). "Respiration and the effects of pressure on the mesopelagic vertically migrating squid Histioteuthis heteropsis". Limnology and Oceanography. 23 (4): 735–9. doi:10.4319/lo.1978.23.4.0735.
  • "CephBase: Histioteuthis heteropsis". Archived from the original on 2005.


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