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Animal
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Squids
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Animal
Name
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Loligo tagoi (Sasaki)
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Classification
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Kingdom
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Animalia
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Phylum
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Mollusca
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Class
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Cephalopoda
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Order
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Teuthoidea
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Family
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Loliginidae
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Characteristic Features |
-A broad round mantle with bluntly rounded posteriorly and
broad paddle- -Head large with enormous eyes -Arms with 4 longitudinal rows of suckers -Tentacles long of slender stalks -Size: 30-50mm -Colour: Purplish-brown chromatophores cover the body | |
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Ecology
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Habitat
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Close to coast and extent out 60m contour in Hong Kong
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Distribution
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Japan, China
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Locations
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