Cuttlefish

Japanese: cuttlefish
Cuttlefish

…A general term for the living Sepioidea and Teuthoidea (collectively Decembrachiata) of the phylum Mollusca, a class of cephalopoda. In English, short-bodied cuttlefish are called cuttlefish, while long, slender ones are called squids. It is estimated that there are about 400 to 500 species in the oceans of the world, and 90 to 100 species in the northwest Pacific Ocean, including Japan.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "cuttlefish" 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。…

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