Abralia similis is a species of enoploteuthid cephalopod that occurs in equatorial and subtropical Pacific Ocean waters south of the Kuroshio Current, and is known from the waters of Papua New Guinea, Japan, Kiribati and Tonga. This species exhibits sexual dimorphism, with females reaching mantle lengths of 17–30 mm in length and males only reaching 17–22 mm mantle lengths. Male spermatophores are relatively long, at 5.2–7.7 mm in length. Females have small oocytes, at only 1.0 mm in length.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Enoploteuthidae |
| Genus: | Abralia |
| Subgenus: | Pygmabralia |
| Species: | A. similis
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| Binomial name | |
| Abralia similis Okutani & Tsuchiya, 1987[2]
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References
edit- ^ Barratt, I. & Allcock, L. (2014). "Abralia similis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. IUCN: e.T163274A992817. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163274A992817.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ Julian Finn (2016). "Abralia (Pygmabralia) similis Okutani & Tsuchiya, 1987". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
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