Euprymna penares

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Euprymna penares
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiolida
Family: Sepiolidae
Subfamily: Sepiolinae
Genus: Euprymna
Species: E. penares
Binomial name
Euprymna penares
(Gray, 1849)
Synonyms
  • Fidenas penares
    Gray, 1849

Euprymna penares is a species of bobtail squid native to waters of the Indo-Pacific; its exact distribution is unknown. Little is known about the size range of this species.[1]

The type specimen was collected off Singapore and is deposited at The Natural History Museum in London.[2]

The validity of E. penares has been questioned.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ 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. ^ a b Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda

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