- Source: Sepiolina nipponensis
Sepiolina nipponensis, also known as the Japanese bobtail squid, is a bobtail squid and one of two species in the genus Sepiolina. It is found in the Western Pacific in apparently widely separated populations, the most southerly of which is in the Great Australian Bight in South Australia and Western Australia, and there are populations from the Philippines northwards to Taiwan, Fujian and southern Honshū.
Description
The maximum size of adult Japanese bobtail squid is 2.5 cm in mantle length. The body consists of large fins and a short and dome-shaped mantle surrounded by an iridescent belt. The mantle cavity contains subcordate luminous organs. The arms are subequal with biserial suckers.
References
External links
Tree of Life: Sepiolina nipponensis
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Sepiolina nipponensis
- Sepiolina
- Sepiolina petasus
- List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names
- Heteroteuthidinae
- Stoloteuthis
- List of data deficient invertebrates
- List of data deficient molluscs
