Sepioloidea pacifica | |
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Sepioloidea pacifica observed in the Wellington Harbour, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Sepiida |
Family: | Sepiadariidae |
Genus: | Sepioloidea |
Species: | S. pacifica
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Binomial name | |
Sepioloidea pacifica | |
Synonyms | |
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Sepioloidea pacifica, also known as the Pacific bobtail squid, is a species of cuttlefish native to the southern Pacific Ocean; it occurs off New Zealand in the west and in the Nazca and Sala y Gomez submarine ridges in the east. [3] [4]
The type specimen was collected off New Zealand and is deposited at the National Museum of New Zealand in Wellington. [5] Sepioloidea pacifica was first described as a species in 1882 by T.W. Kirk. [6]
Male mantles can grow up to 19 mm in length, and female mantles can grow up to 26 mm in length. [7]
Sepioloidea pacifica have rows of 5 biserial suckers, with the largest suckers closer to the edge of the arms. [7]
Sepioloidea pacifica | |
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Sepioloidea pacifica observed in the Wellington Harbour, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Sepiida |
Family: | Sepiadariidae |
Genus: | Sepioloidea |
Species: | S. pacifica
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Binomial name | |
Sepioloidea pacifica | |
Synonyms | |
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Sepioloidea pacifica, also known as the Pacific bobtail squid, is a species of cuttlefish native to the southern Pacific Ocean; it occurs off New Zealand in the west and in the Nazca and Sala y Gomez submarine ridges in the east. [3] [4]
The type specimen was collected off New Zealand and is deposited at the National Museum of New Zealand in Wellington. [5] Sepioloidea pacifica was first described as a species in 1882 by T.W. Kirk. [6]
Male mantles can grow up to 19 mm in length, and female mantles can grow up to 26 mm in length. [7]
Sepioloidea pacifica have rows of 5 biserial suckers, with the largest suckers closer to the edge of the arms. [7]