Inioteuthis capensis

Taxobox
name = "Inioteuthis capensis"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
ordo = Sepiolida
familia = Sepiolidae
subfamilia = Sepiolinae
genus = "Inioteuthis"
species = "I. capensis"
binomial = "Inioteuthis capensis"
binomial_authority = Voss, 1962
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"Inioteuthis capensis" is a species of bobtail squid native to the southeastern Atlantic Ocean, specifically from Lüderitz Bay to Mossel Bay off South Africa.Voss, G.L. 1962. South African cephalopods. "Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa" 36(4): 245-272.] 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.]

The type specimen was collected off South Africa and is deposited at the South African Museum in Cape Town. [http://www.mnh.si.edu/cephs/newclass.pdf Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda] ]

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