Idiosepius macrocheir

Idiosepius macrocheir
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiolida
Family: Idiosepiidae
Genus: Idiosepius
Species: I. macrocheir
Binomial name
Idiosepius macrocheir
Voss, 1962

Idiosepius macrocheir is a species of bobtail squid native to the southwestern Indian Ocean off southern Africa. It occurs in shallow waters inshore.[1]

The type specimen was collected off South Africa and is deposited at the South African Museum in Cape Town.[2]

References

  1. Reid, A. 2005. Family Idiosepiidae. 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. 208–210.
  2. Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
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