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Sepiolidae

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Sepiolidae is a family of bobtail squid encompassing 22 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. A third subfamily is Rossiinae, and the genus Choneteuthis is considered to be incertae sedis. Though 79 species have been recognized in the family Sepiolidae, the validity of a few of them has been questioned.

Species

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FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassCephalopoda
  4. OrderSepiida
  5. FamilySepiolidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded24,722

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
442
With media
2
Family
Sepiolidae
Collections
USNM, CAS, NMV, MNHN, SIO
Recorded in
United States, Japan, Philippines, Australia, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Canada, Antarctica, Thailand

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Sepiolidae is a family of bobtail squid encompassing 22 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. A third subfamily is Rossiinae, and the genus Choneteuthis is considered to be incertae sedis. Though 79 species have been recognized in the family Sepiolidae, the validity of a few of them has been questioned.

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sepiolidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.