Sepioloidea pacifica

Sepioloidea pacifica
Sepioloidea pacifica observed in the Wellington Harbour, New Zealand
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Sepiolida
Family:	Sepiadariidae
Genus:	Sepioloidea
Species:	S. pacifica
Binomial name
Sepioloidea pacifica (Kirk, 1882) [2]
Synonyms
Sepiola pacificaKirk, 1882

Sepioloidea pacifica, also known as the Pacific bobtail squid, is a species of cephalopod native to the southern Pacific Ocean; it occurs off New Zealand in the west and in the Nazca and Sala y Gomez submarine ridges in the east. ^{[3] [4]}

The type specimen was collected off New Zealand and is deposited at the National Museum of New Zealand in Wellington. ^[5] Sepioloidea pacifica was first described as a species in 1882 by T.W. Kirk. ^[6]

Morphology

Mantle

Male mantles can grow up to 19 mm in length, and female mantles can grow up to 26 mm in length. ^[7]

Suckers

Sepioloidea pacifica have rows of 5 biserial suckers, with the largest suckers closer to the edge of the arms. ^[7]

References

1. Barratt, I.; Allcock, A.L. (2012). "Sepioloidea pacifica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T162574A919974. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162574A919974.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Julian Finn (2016). "Sepioloidea pacifica (Kirk, 1882)". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
3. Reid, A. 2005. Family Sepiadariidae. 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. 204–207.
4. Powell, A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand mollusca: marine, land, and freshwater shells. Auckland: Collins. ISBN   0-00-216906-1.
5. "Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda" (PDF). www.mnh.si.edu.
6. Kirk, T.W. (1882). "Descriptions of new Cephalopods". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 14 (42): 283–286.
7. Santos, Jaever M.; Bolstad, Kathrin S. R.; Braid, Heather E. (2022-04-08). "Two new 'bottletail squids' (Cephalopoda: Sepiadariidae: Sepioloidea) from New Zealand, with new observations on Sepioloidea pacifica (Kirk, 1882)". Marine Biodiversity. 52 (3): 26. Bibcode:2022MarBd..52...26S. doi:10.1007/s12526-021-01247-z. ISSN   1867-1624. S2CID   248059419.

External links

• "CephBase: Sepioloidea pacifica". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.
• Deep sea photography