Euprymna berryi
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Euprymna berryi | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Coleoidea |
Superorder: | Decapodiformes |
Order: | Sepiolida |
Family: | Sepiolidae |
Genus: | Euprymna |
Species: | E. berryi |
Binomial name | |
Euprymna berryi (Sasaki, 1929) | |
Euprymna berryi, commonly called Humming-bird Bobtail Squid or Berry's bobtail squid among various other vernacular names, is a species mollusc cephalopod in the family Sepiolidae.[2]
The Humming-bird Bobtail Squid is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the central Indo-Pacific area from the Indonesia to the Philippines.[3]
Its size varies according to the sex, males are not bigger than 3 centimetres (1.2 in) while the female reaches 5 centimetres (2.0 in) length.[4]
References
- ↑ Barratt, I. & Allcock, L. 2012. Euprymna berryi. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2013.
- ↑ http://fran.cornu.free.fr/affichage/affichage_nom.php?id_espece=1347
- ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/162599/0
- ↑ http://fran.cornu.free.fr/affichage/affichage_nom.php?id_espece=1347
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