Today I am here to rhapsodize about another group that is little in every way--comprising only eight species, about which scant information is known, and which are the smallest squid in the world. By "small" I actually mean "minuscule." Adult pygmy squid can be smaller than your fingernail. Here's Idiosepius pygmaeus:
![](http://www.diverosa.com/Lembeh%202008/IL3-096%20Two-tone%20pygmy%20squid,%20Idiosepius%20pygmaeus.jpg)
Is that not cute beyond your wildest dreams? That is, unless you have been dreaming about bobtail squid, of course.
And yes, it is stuck to a blade of seagrass. On purpose. With a special adhesive organ. Because that is what they do.
(Have I mentioned how much I love cephalopods?)
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