Euprymna stenodactyla is a species of bobtail squid.[3]

Euprymna stenodactyla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiolidae
Subfamily: Sepiolinae
Genus: Euprymna
Species:
E. stenodactyla
Binomial name
Euprymna stenodactyla
(Grant, 1833) [2]
Synonyms[2]

Sepiola stenodactyla Grant, 1833

E. stenodactyla
E. stenodactyla

E. stenodactyla is native to the Indian Ocean. It is known with certainty only from Mauritius, although there exist doubtful records of this species from the Indo-west Pacific Ocean, from Mascarene Islands to Queensland, Australia and Polynesia.[4]

The type specimen was collected off Mauritius. The type repository is unknown.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ Allcock, L.; Barratt, I. (2012). "Euprymna stenodactyla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162669A941389. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162669A941389.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Julian Finn (2016). "Euprymna stenodactyla (Grant, 1833)". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  3. ^ Okutani, T. 1995. Cuttlefish and squids of the world in color. Publication for the 30th anniversary of the foundation of the National Cooperative Association of Squid Processors. 185 pp.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda

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