Euprymna berryi

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Euprymna berryi
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

  1. 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.
  2. http://fran.cornu.free.fr/affichage/affichage_nom.php?id_espece=1347
  3. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/162599/0
  4. http://fran.cornu.free.fr/affichage/affichage_nom.php?id_espece=1347

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