Euprymna phenax

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Euprymna phenax
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiolidae
Subfamily: Sepiolinae
Genus: Euprymna
Species:
E. phenax
Binomial name
Euprymna phenax
(Voss, 1962) [2]

Euprymna phenax is a species of bobtail squid native to the waters of the Indo-Pacific, off the Philippines and possibly in the East China Sea. The depth range of this species is unknown. It was originally collected at nightlight. [3]

The type specimen is 11 mm in mantle length. [3]

The type specimen was collected off the Philippines and is deposited at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. [4]

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References

  1. Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Euprymna phenax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T162537A911356. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162537A911356.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Julian Finn (2016). "Euprymna phenax Voss, 1962". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  3. 1 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.
  4. Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda