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Uroteuthis duvaucelii Indian Ocean Squid, Indian Squid

Uroteuthis duvaucelii is commonly referred to as Indian Ocean Squid, Indian Squid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Non adatto agli acquari!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Uroteuthis duvaucelii,Malabar Hill, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400006, India 2025 (CC BY)


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lexID:
18383 
AphiaID:
410411 
Scientific:
Uroteuthis duvaucelii 
German:
Indischer Kalmar, Duvaucels Kalmar 
English:
Indian Ocean Squid, Indian Squid 
Category:
Cefalopodi 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Myopsida (Order) > Loliginidae (Family) > Uroteuthis (Genus) > duvaucelii (Species) 
Initial determination:
(A. d'Orbigny, ), 1835 
Occurrence:
Arabian Sea, China, Comores, Egypt, India, Indian Ocean, Kenya, Malaysia, Mozambique, Philippines, Red Sea, Singapore, Somalia, South-Africa, Tansania 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
3 - 170 Meter 
Habitats:
Muddy grounds, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds 
Size:
3.54" - 9.06" (9cm - 23,5cm) 
Temperature:
22,9 °F - 28,6 °F (22,9°C - 28,6°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Sepia 
Difficulty:
Non adatto agli acquari! 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Data deficient (DD) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Uroteuthis abulati
  • Uroteuthis arabica
  • Uroteuthis bartschi
  • Uroteuthis bengalensis
  • Uroteuthis chinensis
  • Uroteuthis duvaucelii
    Indischer Kalmar, Duvaucels Kalmar
  • Uroteuthis edulis
  • Uroteuthis machelae
  • Uroteuthis noctiluca
  • Uroteuthis pickfordae
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-05-30 13:40:54 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Uroteuthis duvaucelii are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Uroteuthis duvaucelii, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Uroteuthis duvaucelii, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Uroteuthis duvaucelii (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)

Synonymised names
Loligo duvaucelii A. d'Orbigny, 1835 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Loligo galatheae Hoyle, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)
Loligo indica Pfeffer, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Loligo oshimai M. Sasaki, 1929 · unaccepted (synonym)
Uroteuthis (Photololigo) duvaucelii (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) · alternative representation

External links

  1. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries (en). Abgerufen am 30.05.2026.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 30.05.2026.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 30.05.2026.
  4. wildsingapore (en). Abgerufen am 30.05.2026.

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Uroteuthis duvaucelii,Malabar Hill, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400006, India 2025 (CC BY)

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