Sepiolina nipponensis

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Sepiolina nipponensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiolidae
Subfamily: Heteroteuthidinae
Genus: Sepiolina
Species:
S. nipponensis
Binomial name
Sepiolina nipponensis
(Berry, 1911) [2]
Synonyms

Stoloteuthis nipponensisBerry, 1911

Sepiolina nipponensis, also known as the Japanese bobtail squid, is a bobtail squid and one of two species in the genus Sepiolina . It is found in the Western Pacific in apparently widely separated populations, the most southerly of which is in the Great Australian Bight in South Australia and Western Australia, and there are populations from the Philippines northwards to Taiwan, Fujian and southern Honshū. [1]

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Description

The maximum size of adult Japanese bobtail squid is 2.5 cm in mantle length. [3] 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.

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References

  1. 1 2 Allcock, L.; Barratt, I. (2012). "Sepiolina nipponensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T162521A908353. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162521A908353.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Julian Finn (2016). "Sepiolina nipponensis (Berry, 1911)". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  3. "Sea Life Base".