Sepiolidae
| Sepiolidae | |
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| Austrorossia mastigophora | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiolidae Leach, 1817[1] |
| Subfamilies and genera | |
Sepiolidae is a family of bobtail squid encompassing 15 genera in three or four subfamilies. A gladius is absent in subfamily Heteroteuthidinae, and in subfamily Sepiolinae it is reduced, or absent like in genus Euprymna.[2][3][4][5]
References[edit]
- ^ Julian Finn (2017). "Sepiolidae Leach, 1817". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ Two new genera and species of sepioline squids (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae) from Australia
- ^ Evolution of the hectocotylus in Sepiolinae (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae) and description of four new genera
- ^ Two New ‘Bottletail Squids’ (Cephalopoda: Sepiadariidae) from New Zealand, with New Observations on Sepioloidea pacifica (Kirk, 1882)
- ^ New bobtail squid (Sepiolidae: Sepiolinae) from the Ryukyu islands revealed by molecular and morphological analysis
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