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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Pyroteuthis addolux

Luminous fire squid

WoRMS 342242ITIS 556639GBIF 2289908key worms:342242
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2026-08-05: itis_id 556639 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Margot Michaud · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Pyroteuthis margaritifera
Luminous fire squid5 cm
US quarter2.4 cm

max · sealifebase

Pyroteuthis addolux is a species of squid in the family Pyroteuthidae. It is distinguished from other members of the genus Pyroteuthis by the shape of photophores on the tentacles and the shape of the hectocotylus.W CalCOFI holds 49 observations of it in 1 dataset between 2008 and 2023, as invert.R

49
observations
49
records
49
sampling events
2008–2023
years
1
datasets
invert
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Ichthyoplankton 49 obs · 49 events · 2008–2023 · invert
    name used: Pyroteuthis addolux · code 9581

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:342242%22