Squid ink - Ikasumi

Japanese: イカ墨 - いかすみ
Squid ink - Ikasumi

…General term for the living Sepioidea and Teuthoidea (collectively Decembrachiata) orders of the phylum Mollusca, Cephalopoda. In English, short-bodied cuttlefish are called cuttlefish, while long, slender ones are called squid. It is estimated that there are about 400-500 species in the oceans of the world, and 90-100 species in the Northwest Pacific Ocean, including Japan. The largest are the giant squids, which can reach a mantle length of 6m, and the smallest are the pygmy squids, which have a mantle length of about 1.6cm. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "squid ink" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…軟体動物門頭足綱のうち,現生ではコウイカ目Sepioidea,ツツイカ目Teuthoidea(あわせて十腕形類Decembrachiata)を総称。英名ではコウイカ類のように体の短いものをcuttlefish,ヤリイカ,スルメイカのように体の細長いものをsquidという。全世界の海におよそ400~500種,日本を含む北西太平洋に90~100種すむと推定される。最大のものはダイオウイカ類で外套(がいとう)長6mに達し,最小のものはヒメイカ類で外套長は1.6cm程度である。…

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