Rondeletiola minor, also known as the lentil bobtail, is a species of bobtail squid native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Its natural range covers the northwest of Spain, Portugal, and the eastern, central and western Mediterranean Sea (including the Ligurian Sea, northern and southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Strait of Sicily, Gulf of Taranto, Adriatic Sea, north Aegean Sea, Sea of Marmara, and Levantine Sea) to the southeastern Atlantic Benguela Current off Namibia.[3]
| Rondeletiola minor | |
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| Rondeletiola minor from the Mediterranean Sea (20 mm ML, 17 mm ML) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiolidae |
| Subfamily: | Sepiolinae |
| Genus: | Rondeletiola Naef, 1921 |
| Species: | R. minor
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| Binomial name | |
| Rondeletiola minor | |
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R. minor grows to a mantle length (ML) of 23 mm.[3]
The type specimen was collected in the Tyrrhenian Sea and is deposited at the Stazione Zoologica in Naples.[4]
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Ventral view of the mantle cavity (circular organ of fused photophores highlighted in blue) -
Oral view of arms I
References edit
- ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Rondeletiola minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162682A943839. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162682A943839.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Finn, Julian (2016). "Rondeletiola minor (Naef, 1912)". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ a b 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. U.S. National Museum of Natural History
External links edit
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