Euprymna albatrossae

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Euprymna albatrossae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiolida
Family: Sepiolidae
Subfamily: Sepiolinae
Genus: Euprymna
Species: E. albatrossae
Binomial name
Euprymna albatrossae
Voss, 1962

Euprymna albatrossae is a species of bobtail squid native to the western Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and Japan.[1][2] The depth range of E. albatrossae is unknown. The type specimens were collected using a nightlight.[3]

E. albatrossae grows to 24 mm in mantle length.[3]

The type specimen was collected off the Philippines and is deposited at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C..[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Latitude and Longitude Data for Euprymna albatrossae
  2. ^ Countries' Exclusive Economic Zones with Euprymna albatrossae
  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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