Sepiolina petasus is a species of bobtail squid in the genus Sepiolina in the subfamily Heteroteuthidinae of the family Sepiolidae. It was originally collected in the Pacific Ocean near the Okinawa Islands. It was found to be sympatric with Sepiolina nipponensis but differs from that species by its relatively elongated posterior mantle, leading to more anteriorly situated fins.[2]

Sepiolina petasus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiolidae
Subfamily: Heteroteuthidinae
Genus: Sepiolina
Species:
S. petasus
Binomial name
Sepiolina petasus
Kubodera & Okutani, 2011[1]

References

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  1. ^ Julian Finn (2016). "Sepiolina petasus Kubodera & Okutani, 2011". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. ^ Tsunemi Kuboder; Takashi Okutani (2011). "New Additions of Luminous Bobtail Squids to the Japanese Cephalopod Fauna (Sepiolida: Sepiolidae: Heteroteuthinae". Venus. 69 (3–4): 145–161.