New Species Discovered

Two cephalopod species have been discovered in the coastal waters of the Okinawa Islands in Japan – the Ryukan pygmy squid (Idiosepius kijimuna) and Hannan’s pygmy squid (Kodama jujutsu)

▶ | Hannan’s pygmy squid (Kodama jutjutsu) using its tentacles to “grapple” with its unfortunate prey
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INSPIRED BY JAPANESE FOLKLORE The scientific name of the Ryukan pygmy squid was named after the feisty, red-haired forest fairies believed to reside in the banyan trees of Okinawa. Like its namesake, the squid is tiny, has red colouration, and spends...

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