black-calabash vs luminous bay squid

Amphitecna latifolia compared with Uroteuthis noctiluca

Key Differences

• black-calabash is Least Concern while luminous bay squid is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black-calabash	luminous bay squid
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Cephalopoda (Cephalopods)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Myopsida (Myopsida)
Family	Bignoniaceae	Loliginidae
Genus	Amphitecna	Uroteuthis
Species	Amphitecna latifolia	Uroteuthis noctiluca

Conservation Status

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

luminous bay squid

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black-calabash	luminous bay squid
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black-calabash

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

luminous bay squid

black-calabash

The Black-calabash (Amphitecna latifolia) is a species in the genus Amphitecna. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.