Idiosepius pygmaeus Two-tone Pygmy Squid, Bobtail Squid, Tropical Pygmy Squid, Pygmy Cuttlefish., Pygmy Squid

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Tropical Pygmy Squid (Idiosepius pygmaeus), 2018

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Foto: Leyte. Panaon Island. Pintuyan. Philippinen. 15 Meter Tiefe. 2006

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lexID:: 11600

Scientific:: Idiosepius pygmaeus
German:: Tropischer Zwergkalmar
English:: Two-tone Pygmy Squid, Bobtail Squid, Tropical Pygmy Squid, Pygmy Cuttlefish., Pygmy Squid

Category:: Octopusses
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > [unassigned] Decapodiformes (Order) > Idiosepiidae (Family) > Idiosepius (Genus) > pygmaeus (Species)
Initial determination:: Steenstrup, 1881

Occurrence:: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, North Pacific (Ocean), Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South China Sea, South-Pazific, Sulu Sea , Thailand, the Andaman Sea, Timor, Vietnam
Sea depth:: 1 - 15 Meter
Size:: up to 0.79" (2 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C)
Food:: Crustaceans, Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Krill, Mysis, Predatory, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring