Semirossia tenera

Semirossia tenera
Female Semirossia tenera
(ca. 16 mm ML)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiolida
Family: Sepiolidae
Subfamily: Rossiinae
Genus: Semirossia
Species: S. tenera
Binomial name
Semirossia tenera
(Verrill, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Rossia tenera Verrill, 1880
  • Heteroteuthis tenera Verrill, 1880

Semirossia tenera, also known as the lesser bobtail squid, is a widespread species of bobtail squid native to the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Its natural range covers the eastern coast of North America, from the northern Gulf of Maine to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. S. tenera is possibly also present in the southwest Atlantic, specifically off the coasts of Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, and Uruguay, although the latter records are questionable.[1]

S. tenera grows to 50 mm in mantle length (ML).[1]

The type specimen was collected in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. It is deposited at the Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven.[2]

References

  1. 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.
  2. Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda

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