Spirula peronii

Definitions of Spirula peronii
  1. noun
    a small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prominent eyes and short arms and a many-chambered shell coiled in a flat spiral
    synonyms: spirula
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    type of:
    decapod
    cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones
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