Smallest species of squid
- Who
- Parateuthis tunicata
- What
- 1.27 centimetre(s)
- When
- 01 January 0001
Currently known only from two specimens, the world’s smallest squid is Parateuthis tunicata, collected by the German South Polar Expedition of 1901–03. The larger of these two specimens measured 1.27 cm (0.5 in) long, including its tentacles.