Pickfordiateuthis sp. A
| Pickfordiateuthis sp. A | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Myopsida |
| Family: | Loliginidae |
| Genus: | Pickfordiateuthis |
| Species: | P. sp. A
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| Binomial name | |
| Pickfordiateuthis sp. A Brakoniecki, 1996[1]
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Pickfordiateuthis sp. A is an unnamed species of squid in the family Loliginidae. It was discussed by Thomas Brakoniecki in his 1996 revision of Pickfordiateuthis, who mentioned that it may be a subspecies of P. pulchella.[1][2] The specimens gathered were only females, from the Tropical Eastern Pacific.
Description
Pickfordiateuthis sp. A is described as having a short, stout, and blunt mantle of 7.9 to 11.9 mm in length. Its fins are large and round, over a half of the length of the mantle.[1] Chromatophores were reported as not being present on the visceral membrane.
References
- ^ a b c "Pickfordiateuthis species A Brakoniecki, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 5 August 2025 – via the Internet Archive.
- ^ Anderson, Frank E.; Marian, José Eduardo A.R. (June 2020). "The grass squid Pickfordiateuthis pulchella is a paedomorphic loliginid". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 147 106801. Bibcode:2020MolPE.14706801A. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106801. PMID 32217167.