''Euprymna'' is a
genus 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
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Euprymna albatrossae
''Euprymna albatrossae'' is a species of bobtail squid native to the western Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and Japan. The depth range of ''E. albatrossae'' is unknown. The type specimens were collected using a nightlight.Reid, A. & P. Jereb 2 ...
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( Voss, 1962)
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Euprymna berryi
''Euprymna berryi'', commonly called hummingbird bobtail squid or Berry's bobtail squid among various other vernacular names, is a species of mollusc cephalopod in the family Sepiolidae.
Description
The hummingbird bobtail squid is a small sized ...
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(Sasaki, 1929), double-ear bobtail
*''Euprymna brenneri''
(Sanchez et al., 2019)
*''Euprymna bursa''
**(Pfeffer, 1884)
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Euprymna hoylei
''Euprymna hoylei'' is a species of bobtail squid native to the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific, specifically the western Pacific Ocean and northwestern Australia. Little is known about the size range of this species.Reid, A. & P. Jereb 2005. ...
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(Adam
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, 1986)
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Euprymna hyllebergi
''Euprymna hyllebergi'' is a species of bobtail squid native to the eastern Indian Ocean, specifically the Andaman Sea off Thailand. It is known from depths to 74 m.Reid, A. & P. Jereb 2005. Family Sepiolidae. ''In:'' P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds ...
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(Nateewathana, 1997)
*''Euprymna megaspadicea''
(Kubodera & Okutani, 2002)
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Euprymna morsei
''Euprymna morsei'', the Mimika bobtail squid, is a species of Indo-Pacific bobtail squid from the family Sepiolidae.
Description
''Euprymna morsei'' has a plump, dome-shaped mantle in which the dorsal mantle is fused to head. It has wide but s ...
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(Verrill, 1881), Mimika bobtail
*''Euprymna pardalota''
(Reid
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* Amanda Reid (taxonomist), Australia ...
, 2011)
*''
Euprymna penares
''Euprymna penares'' is a species of bobtail squid native to waters of the Indo-Pacific; its exact distribution is unknown. Little is known about the size range of this species.Reid, A. & P. Jereb 2005. Family Sepiolidae. ''In:'' P. Jereb & C.F.E ...
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( Gray, 1849)
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Euprymna phenax
''Euprymna phenax'' is a species of bobtail squid native to the waters of the Indo-Pacific, off the Philippines and possibly in the East China Sea. The depth range of this species is unknown. It was originally collected at nightlight.Reid, A. & P ...
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(Voss, 1962)
*''Euprymna pusilla''
*(Pfeffer, 1884)
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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 ...
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(Berry
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, 1913), Hawaiian bobtail squid
*''Euprymna schneehageni''
* (Pfeffer, 1884)
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Euprymna stenodactyla
''Euprymna stenodactyla'' is a species of bobtail squid.Okutani, T. 1995. ''Cuttlefish and squids of the world in color''. Publication for the 30th anniversary of the foundation of the National Cooperative Association of Squid Processors. 185 pp. ...
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( Grant, 1833)
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Euprymna tasmanica
''Euprymna tasmanica'', also known as the southern dumpling squid or southern bobtail squid, is a bobtail squid that lives in the shallow (0.5 m to at least 80 m) temperate coastal waters of southern Australia's continental shelf. It lives for be ...
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(Pfeffer
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* Big Jeff Pfeffer (1882†...
, 1884), southern dumpling squid
The species listed above with an asterisk (
*) are ''
nomen dubium
In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application.
Zoology
In case of a ''nomen dubium'' it may be impossible to determine whether a s ...
'' 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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