Bush-club Squid
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| Batoteuthis skolops Young and Roper, 1968 |
Bush-club Squid (Batoteuthis skolops) is the single rare species in genus Batoteuthis, which is the only genus in family Batoteuthidae. The squid is found in Antarctic waters, and reaches a length of 27 cm or more. Some features of this creature are a small head, a long tail and a very peculiar tentacle with six series of suckers on the club.