Sepioloidea pacifica

Sepioloidea pacifica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Cephalopoda
Order:Sepiida
Family:Sepiadariidae
Genus:Sepioloidea
Species: S. pacifica
Binomial name
Sepioloidea pacifica
(Kirk, 1882)[2]
Synonyms
  • Sepiola pacifica Kirk, 1882

Sepioloidea pacifica, also known as the Pacific bobtail squid, is a species of cuttlefish native to the southern Pacific Ocean; it occurs off New Zealand in the west and in the Nazca and Sala y Gomez submarine ridges in the east.[3][4]

The type specimen was collected off New Zealand and is deposited at the National Museum of New Zealand in Wellington.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Sepioloidea pacifica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162574A919974. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162574A919974.en. Downloaded on 08 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Julian Finn (2016). "Sepioloidea pacifica (Kirk, 1882)". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Reid, A. 2005. Family Sepiadariidae. In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 1. Rome, FAO. pp. 204–207.
  4. ↑ Powell, A.W.B. 1979. New Zealand Mollusca. William Collins Publishers Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  5. ↑ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
  • "CephBase: Sepioloidea pacifica". Archived from the original on 2005.
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