Sepiola rossiaeformis

Sepiola rossiaeformis is a species of bobtail squid native to the Indo-Pacific. Its exact range is unknown.[3]

Sepiola rossiaeformis

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiolidae
Subfamily: Sepiolinae
Genus: Sepiola
Species:
S. rossiaeformis
Binomial name
Sepiola rossiaeformis

Little is known about the size of this species. The type specimen is 6.0 mm in mantle length.[3]

The type specimen was collected off Java and is deposited at the Zoologisches Museum of the Universitat Hamburg.[4]

The validity of S. rossiaeformis has been questioned.[4]

References

  1. Allcock, L.; Barratt, I. (2012). "Sepiola rossiaeformis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162589A923484. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162589A923484.en. Downloaded on 11 February 2018.
  2. Julian Finn (2016). "Sepiola rossiaeformis Pfeffer, 1884". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  3. 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.
  4. Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda


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