Helicocranchia
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helicocranchia-264-4364175
title:
Helicocranchia
text:
Helicocranchia is a genus of small glass squids from the family Cranchiidae, known as piglet squid. They are characterized by possessing a very large funnel and in having a pair of small paddle-like fins which are attached to a part of the gladius which sits above the muscular mantle. These squid undergo a slow descent starting near the surface as paralarvae moving down to lower mesopelagic depths as near-adults. The genus contains bioluminescent species.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Genus of squids
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicocranchia
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date modified:
2023-12-03T00:33:51Z
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