[3] The googly-eyed glass squid is a blue, transparent organism with a body size of approximately 200 mm (7.9 in) and notably large eyes.

The squid has eight short tentacles and a slightly longer pair at the end of its rather swollen body.

As a defense, the squid is able to engorge itself with surrounding water to dramatically increase in size, appearing more intimidating.

Googly-eyed glass squid live consistently along the circumglobal 40° southern parallel, in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans.

The cells of a googly-eyed glass squid's eyes and tentacles form small, bioluminescent organs called photophores.