Sepiolina nipponensis

Sepiolina nipponensis
Japanese bobtail squid (Sepiolina nipponensis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Cephalopoda
Order:Sepiida
Family:Sepiolidae
Subfamily:Heteroteuthidinae
Genus:Sepiolina
Species: S. nipponensis
Binomial name
Sepiolina nipponensis
(Berry, 1911)[2]
Synonyms

Stoloteuthis nipponensis Berry, 1911

Sepiolina nipponensis, also known as the Japanese bobtail squid, is a bobtail squid and the only species in the genus Sepiolina. It is found in the Western Pacific in apparently widely separated populations, the most southerly of which is in the Great Australian Bight in South Australia and West Australia and then there are populations from the Philippines northwards to Taiwan, Fujian and southern Honshū.[1]

Description

The maximum size of adult Japanese bobtail squid is 2.5 cm in mantle length (ML).[3] The body consists of large fins and a short and dome-shaped mantle surrounded by an iridescent belt. The mantle cavity contains subcordate luminous organs. The arms are subequal with biserial suckers.

References

  1. 1 2 Allcock, L.; Barratt, I. (2012). "Sepiolina nipponensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162521A908353. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162521A908353.en. Downloaded on 10 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Julian Finn (2016). "Sepiolina nipponensis (Berry, 1911)". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Sea Life Base".
  • Sweeney, M. J. and C. F. E. Roper / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds. (1998). Classification, type localities and type repositories of recent Cephalopoda, Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II).


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