Pacific Bobtail Squid
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The Pacific Bobtail Squid (Sepioloidea pacifica) 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.[1]
The length of the mantle is between 5 and 40 mm. The mantle is inverted bell-shaped, with semicircular fins at the sides, and the bases of attachment are long. The head and eyes are large but the arms are relatively short.[2]
Coloration is pale brown, spotted with numerous dark purplish chromatophores, and a broad purple patch over each eye.[2]
The type specimen was collected off New Zealand and is deposited at the National Museum of New Zealand in Wellington.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Powell, A.W.B. 1979. New Zealand Mollusca. William Collins Publishers Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
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