''Semirossia tenera'', also known as the lesser bobtail squid, is a widespread species 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 qui ...

native to the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Its natural range covers the eastern coast of

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, from the northern Gulf of Maine to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. ''S. tenera'' is possibly also present in the southwest Atlantic, specifically off the coasts of

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, French Guiana, Brazil, and Uruguay, although the latter records are questionable.Reid, A. & P. Jereb 2005. Family Sepiolidae. ''In:'' P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. ''Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae)''. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 1. Rome, FAO. pp. 153–203. ''S. tenera'' grows to 50 mm in

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length (ML). The type specimen was collected in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. It is deposited at the Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven.Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
/ref> Image:Semirossia tenera2.jpg, Oral view of ''S. tenera'' Image:Semirossia tenera3.jpg, Tentacular club (ca. 11 mm long)

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Bobtail squid Molluscs described in 1880 {{Sepiolida-stub