Sepiola rondeletii

Sepiola rondeletii
	Sepiola rondeletii from the Mediterranean Sea (17 mm ML, 23 mm ML)
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Sepiolida
Family:	Sepiolidae
Subfamily:	Sepiolinae
Genus:	Sepiola
Species:	S. rondeletii
Binomial name
	Sepiola rondeletii; Leach, 1817
Synonyms
	Loligo sepiola Blainville, 1828; Sepia sepiola Linnaeus, 1758; Sepiola desvigniana Gervais & Van Beneden, 1838; Sepiola grantiana Ferussac, 1834; Sepiola rondeleti Leach, 1817; Sepiola vulgaris Grant, 1833;

Sepiola rondeletii, also known as the dwarf bobtail, is a species of bobtail squid native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, including the Strait of Sicily, Aegean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Sea of Marmara, and Levantine Sea. In the northeastern Atlantic, its natural range extends from the North Sea to Senegal.^[3] Females grow to 60 mm in mantle length (though usually from 40 to 50 mm), while males are not known to exceed 25 mm ML.^[3]

References

^ Allcock, L.; Barratt, I. (2012). "Sepiola rondeleti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162580A921303. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162580A921303.en. Downloaded on 11 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b Julian Finn (2016). "Sepiola rondeletii Leach, 1817". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b 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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