Euprymna hyllebergi

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Euprymna hyllebergi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiolida
Family: Sepiolidae
Subfamily: Sepiolinae
Genus: Euprymna
Species: E. hyllebergi
Binomial name
Euprymna hyllebergi
Nateewathana, 1997

Euprymna hyllebergi is a species of bobtail squid native to the eastern Indian Ocean, specifically the Andaman Sea off Thailand. It is known from depths to 74 m.[1]

E. hyllebergi grows to 35 mm in mantle length.[1]

The type specimen was collected in the Andaman Sea off Kantang Fish Landing in Trang Province, Thailand. It is deposited at the Phuket Marine Biological Center in Phuket.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda

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