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Family Lepidoteuthidae - soft-scaled squids
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Cephalopoda |
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Marine : No |
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Author: Ref. 346. This monotypic family contains a single species. Consequently, diagnostic characters, habitat, biology and interest to fisheries coincide (Ref. 104052). Medium to large squids to 970 mm mantle length; nektobenthic in continental slope and oceanic waters (Ref. 346). |
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