Sepiolina nipponensis
| Sepiolina nipponensis | |
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| Japanese Bobtail Squid (Sepiolina nipponensis) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiolida |
| Family: | Sepiolidae |
| Subfamily: | Heteroteuthinae |
| Genus: | Sepiolina |
| Species: | S. nipponensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sepiolina nipponensis (Berry, 1911) | |
Sepiolina nipponensis, also known as the Japanese Bobtail Squid, is a bobtail squid and the only species in the genus Sepiolina. It is found in the Western Pacific from Japan to the Philippines and Australia.
Description
The maximum size of adult Japanese Bobtail Squid is 2.5 cm in mantle length (ML).[1] The body consists of large fins and a short and dome-shaped mantle surrounded by an iridescent belt. The mantle cavity contains subcordate luminous organs. The arms are subequal with biserial suckers.
References
- Sweeney, M. J. and C. F. E. Roper / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds. (1998). Classification, type localities and type repositories of recent Cephalopoda, Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II).