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WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Sepiola leucoptera A. E. Verrill, 1878) Verrill, A. E. (1878). Art. 46. Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of North America, No. 2. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 16(95):371-378., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36841652 page(s): 378 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record
Reid, A. & Jereb, P. (2005). Family Sepiolidae. pp. 153-203, in P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper eds. <em>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date.</em> Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (<em>Nautilidae</em>, <em>Sepiidae</em>, <em>Sepiolidae</em>, <em>Sepiadariidae</em>, <em>Idiosepiidae</em> and <em>Spirulidae</em>). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(1): 262 pp. 9 pls. page(s): 199 [details]
additional source
CephBase, available online at http://www.cephbase.utmb.edu/ [details]
additional source
Vechione, M., C.F.E. Roper and M.J. Sweeney. 1989. Marine flora and fauna of the eastern United States. Mollusca: Cephalopoda. NOAA Technical Report. NMFS 73. 23 p. [details]
Unreviewed
Depth range 160 to 700 m. [details]
Diet fish, crustaceans, and smaller squid [details]
Dimensions maximum size up to about 25 mm ML [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region) to the Straits of Florida [details]
Habitat shelf to slope [details]
Habitat circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Habitat Lower sublittoral and upper bathyal, Possible diurnal activity in the upper mesopelagic [details]
Length Males up to 17 mm mantle length; females up to 18 mm mantle length. [details]
Predators marine mammals, fish [details]
Reproduction sexes are separate. Fertilization is internal but eggs are laid in large communal clusters [details]
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English |
leucoptera bobtail squidbutterfly bobtail squid |
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French |
sépiole leucoptère |
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German |
Schmetterlingstintenfisch |
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Spanish |
globito leucóptero |
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