Semirossia tenera, also known as the lesser bobtail squid, is a widespread species of bobtail squid native to the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Its natural range covers the eastern coast of North America, from the northern Gulf of Maine to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. S. tenera is possibly also present in the southwest Atlantic, specifically off the coasts of Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, and Uruguay, although the latter records are questionable.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiolidae |
| Subfamily: | Rossiinae |
| Genus: | Semirossia |
| Species: | S. tenera
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S. tenera grows to 50 mm in mantle length (ML).[3]
The type specimen was collected in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. It is deposited at the Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven.[4]
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Oral view of S. tenera -
Tentacular club (ca. 11 mm long)
References edit
- ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Semirossia tenera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162616A928874. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162616A928874.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Julian Finn (2016). "Semirossia tenera (Verrill, 1880)". 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: Semirossia tenera". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.
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