''Abralia multihamata'' is a species of enoploteuthid

cephalopod A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda ( Greek plural , ; "head-feet") such as a squid, octopus, cuttlefish, or nautilus. These exclusively marine animals are characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head, ...

native to the Northwest Pacific Ocean. Specifically, it occurs in the East China Sea,

Sea of Japan The Sea of Japan is the marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, and the mainland of the Russian Far East. The Japanese archipelago separates the sea from the Pacific Ocean. Like the Mediterranean Sea, it h ...

and

Sagami Bay lies south of Kanagawa Prefecture in Honshu, central Japan, contained within the scope of the Miura Peninsula, in Kanagawa, to the east, the Izu Peninsula, in Shizuoka Prefecture, to the west, and the Shōnan coastline to the north, while ...

. The taxonomic relationship between ''A. multihamata'' and '' A. spaercki'' needs to be resolved. It may spawn in the East China Sea, as large numbers of spent individuals are collected there in October.

References

Abralia Molluscs described in 1929 Molluscs of the Pacific Ocean {{squid-stub