Inioteuthis capensis

Inioteuthis capensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiolida
Family: Sepiolidae
Subfamily: Sepiolinae
Genus: Inioteuthis
Species: I. capensis
Binomial name
Inioteuthis capensis
Voss, 1962

Inioteuthis capensis is a species of bobtail squid native to the southeastern Atlantic Ocean, specifically from Lüderitz Bay to Mossel Bay off South Africa.[1][2]

The type specimen was collected off South Africa and is deposited at the South African Museum in Cape Town.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Voss, G.L. 1962. South African cephalopods. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 36(4): 245–272.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda

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