''Austrorossia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
bobtail squid
Bobtail squid (order Sepiolida) are a group of cephalopods closely related to cuttlefish. Bobtail squid tend to have a rounder mantle (mollusc), mantle than cuttlefish and have no cuttlebone. They have eight suckered arms and two tentacles and ar ...
encompassing five species.
Species
*Genus ''Austrorossia''
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Austrorossia antillensis'', Antilles bobtail squid
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Austrorossia australis''
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Austrorossia bipapillata''
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Austrorossia enigmatica'' *
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Austrorossia mastigophora
''Austrorossia mastigophora'' is a species of bobtail squid native to western, southern and eastern Africa, from Guinea and Somalia to the Cape of Good Hope. A doubtful record of this species exists from Chile. It lives at depths to approximately ...
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Bobtail squid
Cephalopod genera
Taxa named by Samuel Stillman Berry
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