Southern+Pygmy+Squid

=__Southern Pygmy Squid__=




 * __Scientific Name__:** //Idiosepuis notoides//
 * __Class__:** Cephalopoda

__**Phylum:**__ Mollusca


 * __Location__:** Southwest pacific; southern and eastern Australia


 * __Size__:** Females 2.5 cm, Males 1.6 cm


 * __Habitat__:** live where there is a lot of sea grass in bays and inlets


 * __Living requirements__:** Must live in the water with protection (sea grass) and nutition


 * __Life cycle and reproduction__:** the males adhere sperm below the females mouths, head, or body, the females use the sperm to fertilize eggs which get glued to sea grass


 * __Male & Female differences__:** Size is the major difference, and number of suckers


 * __Human Impact:__** over polution of ocean waters

- practically no impact on humans other than being super adorable!! - the eat small shrimp by breaking their spinal cords - hide under sea grass as camoflauge - color pattern is typically brown - only grow to the size of a finger nail - represented by a single genus - the smallest of the Cephalopda

Zookeeper: Sidney Baker Work Cited: [] [] []