Abralia andamanica
Appearance
Abralia andamanica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Oegopsida |
Family: | Enoploteuthidae |
Genus: | Abralia |
Subgenus: | Heterabralia |
Species: | A. andamanica
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Binomial name | |
Abralia andamanica |
Abralia andamanica is a species of enoploteuthid cephalopod native to the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. It is known from Australia, Indonesia, Japan and Hawaiʻi. It is associated with shelf waters, and will rise to the upper water column at night to feed. Females spawn eggs 0.9–1.5 mm in diameter in gelatinous strings.
References
- ^ Barratt, I. & Allcock, L. (2014). "Abralia andamanica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. IUCN: e.T163184A981263. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163184A981263.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ Julian Finn (2016). "Abralia (Heterabralia) andamanica Goodrich, 1896". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 3 March 2018.