Sepiola steenstrupiana

Sepiola steenstrupiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiolida
Family: Sepiolidae
Subfamily: Sepiolinae
Genus: Sepiola
Species:
S. steenstrupiana
Binomial name
Sepiola steenstrupiana
Levy, 1912[2]
Synonyms
  • Sepiola tenera Naef, 1912

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.[3]

S. steenstrupiana grows to 30 mm in mantle length.[3]

The type locality is given simply as "Villafranca". It is unknown where the type specimen is deposited.[4] The species is named in honour of the Danish zoologist Japetus Steenstrup.

References

  1. ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Sepiola steenstrupiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162560A916353. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162560A916353.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Julian Finn (2016). "Sepiola steenstrupiana Levy, 1912". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda


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