Pickfordiateuthis bayeri, or Bayer’s grass squid, is a species of squid in the family Loliginidae. Discovered in 2001 in the Atlantic Ocean discovered by a submersible (Roper C.F.E. & Vecchione M).[1] A small squid, the female specimens sized between 23 and 26 mm mantle length.[2] Found in the western Atlantic Ocean, particularly in the Caribbean region. Specimens were collected from a swarm of squid at ~110m depth.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Myopsida |
| Family: | Loliginidae |
| Genus: | Pickfordiateuthis |
| Species: | P. bayeri
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| Pickfordiateuthis bayeri Roper & Vecchione, 2001
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References
edit- Molluscabase - Pickfordiateuthis bayeri Roper & Vecchione, 2001
- WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pickfordiateuthis bayeri Roper & Vecchione, 2001
- Fao.org
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