Sepioloidea pacifica
| Sepioloidea pacifica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiadariidae |
| Genus: | Sepioloidea |
| Species: | S. pacifica |
| Binomial name | |
| Sepioloidea pacifica (Kirk, 1882) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sepioloidea pacifica, also known as the Pacific Bobtail Squid, is a species of cuttlefish 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.[1][2]
The type specimen was collected off New Zealand and is deposited at the National Museum of New Zealand in Wellington.[3]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Powell, A.W.B. 1979. New Zealand Mollusca. William Collins Publishers Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ↑ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
External links
- "CephBase: Sepioloidea pacifica". Archived from the original on 2005.
- Deep sea photography
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