Idiosepius

Taxobox
name = Idiosepiidae
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
ordo = Sepiolida
familia = Idiosepiidae
familia_authority = Appellöf, 1898
genus = "Idiosepius"
genus_authority = Steenstrup, 1881
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Idiosepius" is a genus of bobtail squid encompassing around eight species. It is the sole genus of the family Idiosepiidae.

Members of this genus represent no interest to commercial fisheries.Reid, A. 2005. Family Idiosepiidae. "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. 208–210.]

pecies

*"Idiosepius biserialis"
*"Idiosepius macrocheir"
*"Idiosepius minimus" *
*Southern Pygmy Squid, "Idiosepius notoides"
*Northern Pygmy Squid, "Idiosepius paradoxus"
*"Idiosepius picteti"
*Two-toned Pygmy Squid, "Idiosepius pygmaeus"
*"Idiosepius thailandicus"

The species listed above with an asterisk (*) is questionable and needs further study to determine if it is a valid species or a synonym.

References

*Boletzky, S.v. 2005. PDFlink| [http://www.cephbase.utmb.edu/refdb/pdf/8127.pdf "Idiosepius": Ecology, biology and biogeography of a mini-maximalist.] |51.9 KiB "Phuket mar. biol. Cent. Res. Bull." 66: 11-22.

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