Flying Squids - Family: Ommastrephidae
Subfamily: Ommastrephinae
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Luminous Flying Squid - Eucleoteuthis luminosa
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Neon Flying Squid - Ommastrephes bartrami (likely occurrence)
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Stenoteuthis sp. (likely occurrence)
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Subfamily: Ornithoteuthinae
Shiny Bird Squid - Ornithoteuthis volatilis
Subfamily: Todarodinae
Gould's Flying Squid - Nototodarus gouldi
Hawaiian Flying Squid - Nototodarus hawaiiensis
Todarodes sp.
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Mollusca (Molluscs)
> Class: Cephaloppoda (Cephalopods)
> Subclass: Coleoidea (Octopuses, Squids and Cuttlefishes)
> Superorder: Decapodiformes (Squids and Cuttlefishes)
> Order: Oegopsida (Pelagic Squids)
> Superfamily: Cranchioidea (Cranch Squids and Flying Squids)
> Family: Ommastrephidae (Flying Squids)
> Subfamily: Ommastrephinae
> Genus: Eucleoteuthis
> Species: E. luminosa - Luminous Flying Squid
> Genus: Ommastrephes
> Species: O. bartrami - Neon Flying Squid *
> Genus: Stenoteuthis *
> Species: ?
> Subfamily: Ornithoteuthinae
> Genus: Ornithoteuthis (Bird Squids)
> Species: O. volatilis - Shiny Bird Squid
> Subfamily: Todarodinae
> Genus: Nototodarus
> Species: N. gouldi - Gould's Flying Squid
> Species: N. hawaiiensis - Hawaiian Flying Squid
> Genus: Todarodes
> Species: ?
^ = possibly
* = likely
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