Stoloteuthis leucoptera
| Stoloteuthis leucoptera | |
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| Dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiolida |
| Family: | Sepiolidae |
| Subfamily: | Heteroteuthinae |
| Genus: | Stoloteuthis |
| Species: | S. leucoptera |
| Binomial name | |
| Stoloteuthis leucoptera (Verrill, 1878) | |
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Stoloteuthis leucoptera, also known as the Butterfly Bobtail Squid, is a widespread species of bobtail squid. Its natural range covers the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and southwestern Indian Ocean. It is distributed from the Gulf of St Lawrence to the Straits of Florida in the western Atlantic and in the Bay of Biscay in the eastern Atlantic. In the Mediterranean Sea, it is specifically found in the northern and southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Ligurian Sea, and off Gorgona Island. S. leucoptera has also been recorded from the Benguela Current off Namibia. There exist unverified records of specimens off eastern Tasmania.[1]
On average, females are slightly larger than males. They grow to 18 mm and 17 mm in mantle lentgth, respectively.[1]
References
- 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.
External links
- "CephBase: Stoloteuthis leucoptera". Archived from the original on 2005.
- Tree of Life web project: Stoloteuthis leucoptera
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