Idiosepius macrocheir

Taxobox
name = "Idiosepius macrocheir"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
ordo = Sepiolida
familia = Idiosepiidae
genus = "Idiosepius"
species = "I. macrocheir"
binomial = "Idiosepius macrocheir"
binomial_authority = Voss, 1962
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"Idiosepius macrocheir" is a species of bobtail squid native to the southwestern Indian Ocean off southern Africa. It occurs in shallow waters inshore.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.]

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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