Sepiola pfefferi

Sepiola pfefferi is a species of bobtail squid native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Specifically, it occurs on the continental shelf off the Faroe Islands and from southern Norway to Brittany in France. The depth range of this species is unknown.[3]

Sepiola pfefferi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiolidae
Subfamily: Sepiolinae
Genus: Sepiola
Species:
S. pfefferi
Binomial name
Sepiola pfefferi
Grimpe, 1921[2]

Female S. pfefferi are on average slightly larger than males. They grow to 13 mm and 12 mm in mantle length, respectively.[3]

The type specimen was collected in the North Sea (53°53′N 00°32′E) and is deposited in the Zoology Collection of the Natural History Museum, Berlin.[4]

The validity of S. pfefferi has been questioned.[4]

References

  1. Allcock, L.; Barratt, I. (2012). "Sepiola pfefferi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162646A936071. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162646A936071.en. Downloaded on 11 February 2018.
  2. Julian Finn (2016). "Sepiola pfefferi Grimpe, 1921". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  3. 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.
  4. Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda


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