Semirossia patagonica

Semirossia patagonica is a species of bobtail squid native to the southwestern Atlantic Ocean and southeastern Pacific Ocean; it occurs around the southern part of South America and has been recorded from waters off Chile, Anegada Bay, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, and the Falkland Islands.[3]

Semirossia patagonica
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Sepiida
Family:	Sepiolidae
Subfamily:	Rossiinae
Genus:	Semirossia
Species:	S. patagonica
Binomial name
Semirossia patagonica (Smith, 1881)[2]
Synonyms
Rossia patagonica Smith, 1881

The type specimen measures 21 mm in mantle length (given as "Length of body 21 millims.").[4]

The type specimen was collected off Patagonia, Argentina and is deposited at The Natural History Museum in London.[5]

References

1. Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Semirossia patagonica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162494A901754. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162494A901754.en. Downloaded on 10 February 2018.
2. Julian Finn (2016). "Semirossia patagonica Smith, 1881". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
3. 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.
4. Smith, E.A. 1881. Account of the zoological collection made during the survey of H.M.S. Alert, in the Straits of Magellan and on the coast of Patagonia, IV: Mollusca and Molluscoida. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881(1): 22-44. Plate 3, figure 3, 3a.
5. Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda

External links

• "CephBase: Semirossia patagonica". Archived from the original on 2005.