Idiosepius paradoxus Pygmy squid, Northern Pygmy Squid, Japanese Pygmy Cuttlefish

Idiosepius paradoxus is commonly referred to as Pygmy squid, Northern Pygmy Squid, Japanese Pygmy Cuttlefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

11591 

AphiaID:

342343 

Scientific:

Idiosepius paradoxus 

German:

Zwergkalmar 

English:

Pygmy Squid, Northern Pygmy Squid, Japanese Pygmy Cuttlefish 

Category:

Bläckfisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > [unassigned] Decapodiformes (Order) > Idiosepiidae (Family) > Idiosepius (Genus) > paradoxus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Ortmann, ), 1888 

Occurrence:

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, China, Corea, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand 

Sea depth:

10 - 30 Meter 

Size:

up to 0.79" (2 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Predatory, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Data deficient (DD) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Idiosepius biserialis
• Idiosepius macrocheir
• Idiosepius minimus
• Idiosepius notoides
• 
  Idiosepius paradoxus
  Zwergkalmar
• Idiosepius picteti
• 
  Idiosepius pygmaeus
  Tropischer Zwergkalmar
• Idiosepius thailandicus

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Idiosepius hallami
  Hallam-Zwergtintenfisch, Zwergkalmar

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2018-06-25 18:53:18 

Last edit:

2018-06-26 12:47:49 

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