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Sepiola knudseni

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Kingdom
  
Order
  
Sepiolida

Subfamily
  
Scientific name
  
Sepiola knudseni

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Family
  
Genus
  
Sepiola

Higher classification
  
Sepiola

Similar
  
Sepiolidae, Sepiola, Bobtail squid, Cephalopod

Sepiola knudseni is a species of bobtail squid native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean, specifically northwest and west Africa, from the Canary Islands to the Gulf of Guinea. It lives on the inner continental shelf. S. knudseni lives at depths of 32 to 90 m.

Females of this species are on average considerably larger than males. They grow to 18 mm and 8.5 mm in mantle length, respectively.

The type specimen was collected in the Atlantic Ocean (06°17′N 03°27′E) and is deposited at the Zoologisk Museum of the Kobenhavns Universitet in Copenhagen.

References

Sepiola knudseni Wikipedia


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