Stoloteuthis maoria

Stoloteuthis maoria
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiolida
Family: Sepiolidae
Subfamily: Heteroteuthidinae
Genus: Stoloteuthis
Species:
S. maoria[1]
Binomial name
Stoloteuthis maoria[1]
(Dell, 1959)
Synonyms
  • Iridioteuthis maoria Dell, 1959
  • Iridoteuthis maoria Dell, 1959

Stoloteuthis maoria is a species of bobtail squid native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It occurs in Cook Strait and Chatham Rise off North Island in New Zealand, and has also been recorded from the Nazca and Sala y Gomez submarine ridges in the eastern Pacific.[3]

S. maoria has very large eyes and protruding fins. The length of the mantle and head—excluding the tentacles—is up to 38 mm, and the width including fins is up to 36 mm.[4]

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

S. maoria belongs to the genus Stoloteuthis.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Stoloteuthis maoria (Dell, 1959). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410404 on 2021-07-28
  2. ^ Allcock, L.; Barratt, I. (2012). "Stoloteuthis maoria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162656A937822. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162656A937822.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  3. ^ 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. ^ 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


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