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Atlantic brief squid

Lolliguncula brevis

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 1,236, February 1,182, March 1,343, April 2,548, May 1,561, June 758, July 682, August 703, September 836, October 890, November 1,159, December 1,124.
United States25,831
Texas14,022
Alabama7,018
Mississippi2,867
Virginia294
North Carolina156
South Carolina117
Louisiana91
Georgia59
Maryland51

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

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Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassCephalopods · Cephalopoda
OrderInshore Squids · Myopsida
FamilyPencil Squids · Loliginidae
GenusBrief Squids · Lolliguncula

Sources

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Practise Atlantic brief squid with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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