''Sepiolina'' is a small
genus
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of
bobtail squid
Bobtail squid (order Sepiolida) are a group of cephalopods closely related to cuttlefish. Bobtail squid tend to have a rounder mantle than cuttlefish and have no cuttlebone. They have eight suckered arms and two tentacles and are generally quit ...
in the
family
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Sepiolidae
Sepiolidae is a family of bobtail squid encompassing 15 genera in three or four subfamilies
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive ...
and the
subfamily Heteroteuthidinae
Heteroteuthidinae is a subfamily of bobtail squid encompassing five genera and around ten species.
Classification
*Subfamily Heteroteuthinae
**Genus ''Amphorateuthis
''Amphorateuthis alveatus'' is a species of bobtail squid native to the Ind ...
from the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently two recognised species of ''Sepiolina'':
[
*'' Sepiolina nipponensis'' (Berry, 1911)
*'' Sepiolina petasus'' Kubodera & Okutani, 2011
]
References
Cephalopod genera
Bobtail squid
Bioluminescent molluscs
Taxa named by Adolf Naef
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