''Austrorossia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
bobtail squid
Bobtail squid (order Sepiolida) are a group of cephalopods closely related to cuttlefish. Bobtail squid tend to have a rounder mantle than cuttlefish and have no cuttlebone. They have eight suckered arms and two tentacles and are generally qui ...
encompassing five species.
Species
*Genus ''Austrorossia''
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Austrorossia antillensis'', Antilles bobtail squid
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Austrorossia australis''
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Austrorossia bipapillata''
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Austrorossia enigmatica'' *
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Austrorossia mastigophora
''Austrorossia mastigophora'' is a species of bobtail squid native to western, southern and eastern Africa, from Guinea and Somalia to the Cape of Good Hope. A doubtful record of this species exists from Chile. It lives at depths to approximat ...
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Bobtail squid
Cephalopod genera
Taxa named by Samuel Stillman Berry
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