Inioteuthis maculosa
Inioteuthis maculosa is a species of bobtail squid native to the Indo-Pacific. It occurs in the northern Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea, and off India, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Indonesia.[3]
| Inioteuthis maculosa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiolidae |
| Subfamily: | Sepiolinae |
| Genus: | Inioteuthis |
| Species: | I. maculosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Inioteuthis maculosa | |
Females grow to 14 mm in mantle length, while males are not known to exceed 13 mm ML.[3]
The type specimen was collected off the Andaman Islands and is deposited at the Zoological Survey of India in Kolkata.[4]
References
- Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Inioteuthis maculosa". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162672A941958. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162672A941958.en. Downloaded on 11 February 2018.
- Julian Finn (2016). "Inioteuthis maculosa Goodrich, 1896". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- 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
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