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Sepiola aurantiaca

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Kingdom
  
Order
  
Sepiolida

Subfamily
  
Scientific name
  
Sepiola aurantiaca

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Family
  
Genus
  
Sepiola

Higher classification
  
Sepiola

Sepiola aurantiaca

Similar
  
Sepiola, Cephalopod, Sepiolidae, Sepiolinae, Bobtail squid

Sepiola aurantiaca, also known as the Golden Bobtail, is a rare species of bobtail squid native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. It ranges from southern Norway to the western Mediterranean Sea. S. aurantiaca occurs on the outer continental shelf and in the upper bathyal zone. The depth range of this species is possibly from 200 to 400 m.

Both sexes of S. aurantiaca grow to 20 mm in mantle length.

The type specimen was collected in the Tyrrhenian Sea and is deposited at the Stazione Zoologica di Napoli in Naples.

References

Sepiola aurantiaca Wikipedia


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