Rossia glaucopis

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Rossia glaucopis
Rossia glaucopis dorsal (23 mm ML) and ventral (31 mm ML) views
Rossia glaucopis dorsal (23 mm ML) and ventral (31 mm ML) views
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiolida
Family: Sepiolidae
Subfamily: Rossiinae
Genus: Rossia
Species: R. glaucopis
Binomial name
Rossia glaucopis
Loven, 1845

Rossia glaucopis is a species of bobtail squid native to the southeastern Pacific Ocean, specifically the waters around Chile.[1]

The type specimen was collected off Chile. The type repository is unknown.[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. ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda

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