Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Grass Squid
Pickfordiateuthis pulchella
Grass Squid
Category: Squids
Scientific Name: Pickfordiateuthis pulchella
Size: Up to 1 in. (2.5 cm)  
Depth: 3-45 ft. (1-15 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Cephalopoda (Class)
 └Decapodiformes (Superorder)
  └Myopsida (Order)
   └Loliginidae (Family)
    └Pickfordiateuthis (Genus)

Cephalopods
Squids

Grass Squid

Bigfin Reef Squid

Caribbean Reef Squid

Atlantic Brief Squid



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