Biology:Sepiolina

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Short description: Genus of molluscs

Sepiolina
Japanese Bobtail Squid (Sepiolina nipponensis) - GRB.jpg
Sepiolina nipponensis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiolidae
Subfamily: Heteroteuthidinae
Genus: Sepiolina
Naef, 1912[1]
Type species
Stoloteuthis nipponensis
Berry, 1911

Sepiolina is a small genus of bobtail squid in the family Sepiolidae and the subfamily Heteroteuthidinae from the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently two recognised species of Sepiolina:[1]

  • Sepiolina nipponensis (Berry, 1911)
  • Sepiolina petasus Kubodera & Okutani, 2011

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Julian Finn (2016). "Sepiolina Naef, 1912". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341460. Retrieved 10 February 2018. 

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