''Euprymna'' is a
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 ...
comprising a number of species.
Species
*''
Euprymna albatrossae''
(Voss
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, 1962)
*''
Euprymna berryi''
(Sasaki, 1929), double-ear bobtail
*''Euprymna brenneri''
(Sanchez et al., 2019)
*''Euprymna bursa''
**(Pfeffer, 1884)
*''
Euprymna hoylei''
(Adam
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, 1986)
*''
Euprymna hyllebergi''
(Nateewathana, 1997)
*''Euprymna megaspadicea''
(Kubodera & Okutani, 2002)
*''
Euprymna morsei''
(Verrill, 1881), Mimika bobtail
*''Euprymna pardalota''
(Reid
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* Amanda Reid, Australian Paralympic athlete
* Amanda Reid (taxonomist), Australi ...
, 2011)
*''
Euprymna penares''
(Gray
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, 1849)
*''
Euprymna phenax
''Euprymna phenax'' is a species of bobtail squid native to the waters of the Indo-Pacific, off the Philippines and possibly in the East China Sea. The depth range of this species is unknown. It was originally collected at nightlight.Reid, A. & ...
''
(Voss, 1962)
*''Euprymna pusilla''
*(Pfeffer, 1884)
*''
Euprymna scolopes
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''Euprymna scolopes'', also known as the Hawaiian bobtail squid, is a species of bobtail squid in the family Sepiolidae native to the central Pacific Ocean, where it occurs in shallow coastal waters off the Hawaiian Islands and Midway Is ...
''
(Berry
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, 1913), Hawaiian bobtail squid
*''Euprymna schneehageni''
* (Pfeffer, 1884)
*''
Euprymna stenodactyla''
(Grant
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United Kingdom
* Castle Grant
United States
*Grant, Alabama
* Grant, Inyo County, ...
, 1833)
*''
Euprymna tasmanica''
( Pfeffer, 1884), southern dumpling squid
The species listed above with an asterisk (
*) are ''
nomen dubium
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Zoology
In case of a ''nomen dubium'' it may be impossible to determine whether a s ...
'' and need further study to determine if they are valid species or synonyms, while a double asterisk (
**) marks a ''
taxon inquirendum
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The term ...
''.
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References
External links
Bobtail squid
Cephalopod genera
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