Semirossia tenera
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Cephalopoda
Subclassis: Coleoidea
Cohors: Neocoleoidea
SuperOrdo: Decapodiformes
Ordo: Sepiolida
Familia: Sepiolidae
Subfamilia: Rossiinae
Genus: Semirossia
Species: S. tenera
Semirossia tenera, also known as the lesser bobtail squid, is a widespread species of bobtail squid native to the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Its natural range covers the eastern coast of North America, from the northern Gulf of Maine to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. S. tenera is possibly also present in the southwest Atlantic, specifically off the coasts of Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, and Uruguay, although the latter records are questionable.[3]
S. tenera grows to 50 mm in mantle length (ML).[3]
The type specimen was collected in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. It is deposited at the Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven.[4]
References
Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Semirossia tenera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162616A928874. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162616A928874.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
Julian Finn (2016). "Semirossia tenera (Verrill, 1880)". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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.
Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
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