Sepiola steenstrupiana
| Sepiola steenstrupiana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiolida |
| Family: | Sepiolidae |
| Subfamily: | Sepiolinae |
| Genus: | Sepiola |
| Species: | S. steenstrupiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Sepiola steenstrupiana Levy, 1912 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sepiola steenstrupiana, also known as Steenstrup's bobtail, is a species of bobtail squid native to the Gulf of Aden in the Red Sea, waters off Somalia, and the Mediterranean Sea, including the central Tyrrhenian Sea, the Adriatic Sea, the Aegean Sea, and the Levantine Sea.[1]
S. steenstrupiana grows to 30 mm in mantle length.[1]
The type locality is given simply as "Villafranca". It is unknown where the type specimen is deposited.[2] The species is named in honour of the Danish zoologist Japetus Steenstrup.
References
- 1 2 Reid, A. & P. Jereb 2005. Family Sepiolidae. 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. 153–203.
- ↑ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
External links
- "CephBase: Sepiola steenstrupiana". Archived from the original on 2005.
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