''Sepiola'' is a

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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 quit ...

comprising around 15 species: *'' Sepiola affinis'' Naef, 1912, anagolous bobtail *''

Sepiola atlantica ''Sepiola atlantica'', also known as the Atlantic bobtail, is a species of bobtail squid native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Description ''Sepiola atlantica'' has short fins which do not overlap the mantle mar ...

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in Ferussac & d'Orbigny, 1839-1841, Atlantic bobtail *''

Sepiola aurantiaca ''Sepiola aurantiaca'', also known as the golden bobtail squid, is a rare species of bobtail squid native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. It ranges from southern Norway to the western Mediterranean Sea. ''S. aurantiaca'' occurs on the outer c ...

'' Jatta, 1896, golden bobtail *'' Sepiola birostrata''

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, 1918, butterfly bobtail *'' Sepiola boletzkyi'' Bello & Salman, 2015 *'' Sepiola bursadhaesa'' Bello, 2013 *'' Sepiola intermedia'' Naef, 1912, intermediate bobtail *''

Sepiola knudseni ''Sepiola knudseni'' is a species of bobtail squid native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean, specifically northwest and west Africa, from the Canary Islands to the Gulf of Guinea. It lives on the inner continental shelf. ''S. knudseni'' lives at d ...

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, 1984 *'' Sepiola ligulata'' Naef, 1912, tongue Bobtail *'' Sepiola parva'' Sasaki, 1914 *''

Sepiola pfefferi ''Sepiola pfefferi'' is a species of bobtail squid native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Specifically, it occurs on the continental shelf off the Faroe Islands and from southern Norway to Brittany in France. The depth range of this spec ...

'' Grimpe, 1921 *'' Sepiola robusta'' Naef, 1912, robust bobtail *'' Sepiola rondeleti'' Leach, 1817, dwarf bobtail *''

Sepiola rossiaeformis ''Sepiola rossiaeformis'' is a species of bobtail squid native to the Indo-Pacific. Its exact range is unknown.Reid, A. & P. Jereb 2005. Family Sepiolidae. ''In:'' P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. ''Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illust ...

'' Pfeffer, 1884 *''

Sepiola steenstrupiana ''Sepiola steenstrupiana'', also known as Steenstrup's bobtail, is a species of bobtail squid native to the Gulf of Aden in the Red Sea, waters off Somalia, and the Mediterranean Sea, including the central Tyrrhenian Sea, the Adriatic Sea, the Ae ...

'' Levy, 1912, Steenstrup's bobtail *'' Sepiola tridens'' de Heij & Goud, 2010 *'' Sepiola trirostrata''

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