Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Eucleoteuthis luminosa

Luminous flying squid

WoRMS 342313ITIS 556451GBIF 2290539key worms:342313

2026-08-05: itis_id 556451 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Becky Barnes · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Illex illecebrosus

Luminous flying squid22.7 cm

bongo net ring71 cm

max · sealifebase

Photograph of Eucleoteuthis luminosa — Photo · (с) Michael Vecchione, некоторые права защищены (CC BY-NC) · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

Eucleoteuthis is a monotypic genus of squid from the family Ommastrephidae; the only species is Eucleoteuthis luminosa, the striped flying squid or luminous flying squid.W CalCOFI holds 2 observations of it in 1 dataset between 2015 and 2015, as invert.R

2
observations: 2
records: 2
sampling events: 2015
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 2 obs · 2 events · 2015 · invert
name used: Eucleoteuthis luminosa Luminous flying squid · code 9662

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/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:342313%22

Eucleoteuthis luminosa

How big is itiEvery 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 iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

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