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 depths of 32 to 90 m.[3]
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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: | Sepiola |
| Species: | S. knudseni
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| Sepiola knudseni | |
Females of this species are on average considerably larger than males. They grow to 18 mm and 8.5 mm in mantle length, respectively.[3]
The type specimen was collected in the Atlantic Ocean (06°17′N 03°27′E / 6.283°N 3.450°E) and is deposited at the Zoologisk Museum of the Kobenhavns Universitet in Copenhagen.[4]
References edit
- ^ Allcock, L.; Barratt, I. (2012). "Sepiola knudseni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162665A940453. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162665A940453.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Julian Finn (2016). "Sepiola knudseni Adam, 1983". 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
External links edit
- "CephBase: Sepiola knudseni". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.
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