Semirossia patagonica | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Sepiolida |
Family: | Sepiolidae |
Subfamily: | Rossiinae |
Genus: | Semirossia |
Species: | S. patagonica |
Binomial name | |
Semirossia patagonica | |
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Semirossia patagonica is a species of bobtail squid native to the south-western Atlantic Ocean and south-eastern Pacific Ocean; it occurs around the southern part of South America and has been recorded from waters off Chile, Anegada Bay, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, and the Falkland Islands. [3]
The type specimen measures 21 mm in mantle length (given as "Length of body 21 millims."). [4]
The type specimen was collected off Patagonia, Argentina and is deposited at The Natural History Museum in London. [5]