''Euprymna'' is a
genus
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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 ...
comprising a number of species.
Species
*''
Euprymna albatrossae''
(Voss
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, 1962)
*''
Euprymna berryi''
(Sasaki, 1929), double-ear bobtail
*''Euprymna brenneri''
(Sanchez et al., 2019)
*''Euprymna bursa''
**(Pfeffer, 1884)
*''
Euprymna hoylei''
( Adam, 1986)
*''
Euprymna hyllebergi''
(Nateewathana, 1997)
*''Euprymna megaspadicea''
(Kubodera & Okutani, 2002)
*''
Euprymna morsei''
(Verrill, 1881), Mimika bobtail
*''Euprymna pardalota''
(Reid
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* Alex Reid (disambiguation), includes Alexander Reid
* Amanda Reid, Australian Paralympic athlete
* Amanda Reid (taxonomist), Australia ...
, 2011)
*''
Euprymna penares''
(Gray
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, 1849)
*''
Euprymna phenax''
(Voss, 1962)
*''Euprymna pusilla''
*(Pfeffer, 1884)
*''
Euprymna scolopes
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''Euprymna scolopes'', also known as the Hawaiian bobtail squid, is a species of bobtail squid in the family Sepiolidae native to the central Pacific Ocean, where it occurs in shallow coastal waters off the Hawaiian Islands and Midway ...
''
( Berry, 1913), Hawaiian bobtail squid
*''Euprymna schneehageni''
* (Pfeffer, 1884)
*''
Euprymna stenodactyla''
(Grant
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United Kingdom
* Castle Grant
United States
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, 1833)
*''
Euprymna tasmanica''
( Pfeffer, 1884), southern dumpling squid
The species listed above with an asterisk (
*) are ''
nomen dubium'' and need further study to determine if they are valid species or synonyms, while a double asterisk (
**) marks a ''
taxon inquirendum
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The term t ...
''.
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References
External links
Bobtail squid
Cephalopod genera
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