Sepiola rossiaeformis

Sepiola rossiaeformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiolida
Family: Sepiolidae
Subfamily: Sepiolinae
Genus: Sepiola
Species: S. rossiaeformis
Binomial name
Sepiola rossiaeformis
Pfeffer, 1884

Sepiola rossiaeformis is a species of bobtail squid native to the Indo-Pacific. Its exact range is unknown.[1]

Little is known about the size of this species. The type specimen is 6.0 mm in mantle length.[1]

The type specimen was collected off Java and is deposited at the Zoologisches Museum of the Universitat Hamburg.[2]

The validity of S. rossiaeformis has been questioned.[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. 1 2 Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda

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