Sepiola rondeletii

Sepiola rondeletii
Sepiola rondeletii from the Mediterranean Sea (17 mm ML, 23 mm ML)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiolidae
Subfamily: Sepiolinae
Genus: Sepiola
Species:
S. rondeletii
Binomial name
Sepiola rondeletii
Leach, 1817[2]
Synonyms[2]

Sepiola rondeletii, also known as the dwarf bobtail, is a species of bobtail squid native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, including the Strait of Sicily, Aegean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Sea of Marmara, and Levantine Sea. In the northeastern Atlantic, its natural range extends from the North Sea to Senegal.[3] Females grow to 60 mm in mantle length (though usually from 40 to 50 mm), while males are not known to exceed 25 mm ML.[3]

The type specimen was collected in the Mediterranean Sea and was deposited at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. It no longer exists.[4][clarification needed]

  1. ^ Allcock, L.; Barratt, I. (2012). "Sepiola rondeleti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162580A921303. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162580A921303.en. Downloaded on 11 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b Julian Finn (2016). "Sepiola rondeletii Leach, 1817". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda