Inioteuthis capensis is a species of bobtail squid native to the southeastern Atlantic Ocean, specifically from Lüderitz Bay to Mossel Bay off South Africa.[3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiolidae |
| Subfamily: | Sepiolinae |
| Genus: | Inioteuthis |
| Species: | I. capensis
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| Inioteuthis capensis | |
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Rondeletiola capensis (Voss, 1962) | |
The type specimen was collected off South Africa and is deposited at the South African Museum in Cape Town.[5]
References
edit- ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Rondeletiola capensis ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162555A914962. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162555A914962.en. Downloaded on 11 February 2018.
- ^ Julian Finn (2016). "Inioteuthis capensis Voss, 1962". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ Voss, G.L. 1962. South African cephalopods. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 36(4): 245–272.
- ^ Reid, A. & P. Jereb 2005. Family Sepiolidae. In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 1. Rome, FAO. pp. 153–203.
- ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
External links
edit- Inioteuthis capensis on ADW
- "CephBase: Inioteuthis capensis". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.
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