Euprymna albatrossae

Euprymna albatrossae is a species of bobtail squid native to the western Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and Japan.[3][4] The depth range of E. albatrossae is unknown. The type specimens were collected using a nightlight.[5]

Euprymna albatrossae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiolidae
Subfamily: Sepiolinae
Genus: Euprymna
Species:
E. albatrossae
Binomial name
Euprymna albatrossae
Voss, 1962[2]

E. albatrossae grows to 24 mm (0.94 in) in mantle length.[5]

The type specimen was collected off the Philippines and is deposited at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C..[6]

References
  1. Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Euprymna albatrossae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162569A918649. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162569A918649.en. Downloaded on 10 February 2018.
  2. Julian Finn (2016). "Euprymna albatrossae Voss, 1962". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  3. "Latitude and Longitude Data for Euprymna albatrossae". Archived from the original on 2003-03-08. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
  4. "Countries' Exclusive Economic Zones with Euprymna albatrossae". Archived from the original on 2003-03-08. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
  5. 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.
  6. Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda


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