Inioteuthis japonica is a species of bobtail squid native to the western Pacific Ocean, specifically the waters off China, Taiwan, and southern Japan.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiolidae |
| Subfamily: | Sepiolinae |
| Genus: | Inioteuthis |
| Species: | I. japonica
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| Inioteuthis japonica | |
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I. japonica grows to 20 mm in mantle length.[3]
The type specimen was collected off Japan. It was originally deposited at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, but is no longer extant.[4]
References edit
- ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Inioteuthis japonica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162572A919456. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162572A919456.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Julian Finn (2016). "Inioteuthis japonica (Tilesius in Férussac & d'Orbigny, 1845)". 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
External links edit
- "CephBase: Inioteuthis japonica". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.
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