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Bobtail squid (order Sepiolida) [1] 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 quite small (typical male mantle length being between 1 and 8 cm (0.39 and 3.15 in)).
Sepietta oweniana (common bobtail squid or common bobtail) is a common marine mollusc from the order Sepiida, the cuttlefish.. Common bobtails possess large, rounded pupils, eight arms each having biserial suckers and two arms with 32 tiny uniform-sized suckers in transverse rows to be used for securing their prey. [3]
Euprymna scolopes lives in a symbiotic relationship with the bioluminescent bacteria Aliivibrio fischeri, which inhabits a special light organ in the squid's mantle.To allows this symbiotic relationship, Crumbs protein must first induce Apopstosis, which kills superficial epithelial tissue found in Euprymna scolopes.
The hummingbird bobtail squid is a small sized sepia. Its size varies according to the sex; males are no bigger than 3 centimetres (1.2 in) while the female reaches 5 centimetres (2.0 in) length. [4] The global body aspect is compact and rounded.
Sepiola atlantica has a latitudinal range from 65ºN to 35ºN, ranging from Iceland, the Faroe Islands and western Norway in the north south to the Moroccan coast. There is a single record of this species from the Mediterranean Sea, a mature male caught in the Tyrrhenian Sea at a depth of 90m. [3]
Iridoteuthis merlini Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Sepiolida Family: Sepiolidae Subfamily: Heteroteuthidinae Genus: Iridoteuthis Species: I. merlini Binomial name Iridoteuthis merlini A. Reid, 2021 Iridoteuthis merlini is a species of bobtail squid endemic to the open ocean off New Zealand as well as eastern and south ...
Neorossia caroli, the Carol bobtail squid, is a species of bobtail squid belonging to the family Sepiolidae. [3] [4] Etymology ... Its body is soft and fleshy, and ...
Rossia brachyura is a species of bobtail squid native to the tropical western Atlantic Ocean, specifically the Greater and Lesser Antilles. [3] A. E. Verrill describes a female R. brachyura specimen measuring 18 mm in mantle length (given as "length of body, above"). [4] The type specimen was collected in the Caribbean Sea.