Firefly Squid, also known as the sparkling enope squid or hotaru-ika in Japan, is a species of squid in the family Enoploteuthidae, and the sole species in the monotypic genus Watasenia.
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Classification
System (Realm) Relationship to People Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Firefly squid (Wikidata)
In Biome
Marine, Biomes Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Watasenia scintillans (Animal Diversity Web)
In Ecosystem
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Watasenia scintillans (Animal Diversity Web)
In the Other Atlases
Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. Firefly squid (Wikipedia)
Lead sectionQuote, Lead section
The firefly squid is a predator and actively hunts its food, which includes copepods, small fish, and other squids.
2. GBIF Species API
3. Firefly Squid (Watasenia scintillans) (Wikipedia)
4. Firefly squid (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q303718 (P225 taxon name)
- Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q303718
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Cephalopoda, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source 5. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Watasenia scintillans (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyConservation Status: CITES
CITES No special status
In Biome: Marine, Habitat Regions
Habitat Regions temperate temperate tropical tropical saltwater or marine saltwater or marine
In Ecosystem: Deep Sea, Habitat
Watasenia scintillans are generally deep sea dwellers.
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