Rossia bullisi
Rossia bullisi, also known as the Gulf bobtail squid, is a species of bobtail squid native to the tropical western Atlantic Ocean, specifically the northern Gulf of Mexico and Straits of Florida.[3]
| Rossia bullisi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiolidae |
| Subfamily: | Rossiinae |
| Genus: | Rossia |
| Species: | R. bullisi |
| Binomial name | |
| Rossia bullisi | |
R. bullisi grows to 45 mm in mantle length.[3]
The type specimen was collected in the Gulf of Mexico and is deposited at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C..[4]
References
- Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). " Rossia bullisi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162529A910328. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162529A910328.en. Downloaded on 10 February 2018.
- Julian Finn (2016). "Rossia bullisi Voss, 1956". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- 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.
- Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
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