Sepioloidea pacifica explained

Sepioloidea pacifica, also known as the Pacific bobtail squid, is a species of cuttlefish native to the southern Pacific Ocean; it occurs off New Zealand in the west and in the Nazca and Sala y Gomez submarine ridges in the east.^{[1] [2]}

The type specimen was collected off New Zealand and is deposited at the National Museum of New Zealand in Wellington.^[3] Sepioloidea pacifica was first described as a species in 1882 by T.W. Kirk.^[4]

Morphology

Mantle

Male mantles can grow up to 19 mm in length, and female mantles can grow up to 26 mm in length.^[5]

Suckers

Sepioloidea pacifica have rows of 5 biserial suckers, with the largest suckers closer to the edge of the arms.

External links

• Deep sea photography

Notes and References

1. Reid, A. 2005. Family Sepiadariidae. 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. 204–207.
2. Book: Arthur William Baden Powell

   . Powell . A. W. B. . Arthur William Baden Powell . New Zealand mollusca: marine, land, and freshwater shells . 1979 . Collins . Auckland . 0-00-216906-1.

3. Web site: Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda . www.mnh.si.edu.
4. Kirk . T.W. . 1882 . Descriptions of new Cephalopods . Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . 14 . 42 . 283–286.
5. Santos . Jaever M. . Bolstad . Kathrin S. R. . Braid . Heather E. . 2022-04-08 . Two new 'bottletail squids' (Cephalopoda: Sepiadariidae: Sepioloidea) from New Zealand, with new observations on Sepioloidea pacifica (Kirk, 1882) . Marine Biodiversity . en . 52 . 3 . 26 . 10.1007/s12526-021-01247-z . 2022MarBd..52...26S . 248059419 . 1867-1624.