Rossia palpebrosa
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiolidae |
| Subfamily: | Rossiinae |
| Genus: | Rossia |
| Species: | R. palpebrosa
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Rossia palpebrosa, also known as the warty bobtail squid, is a species of bobtail squid native to the northern Atlantic Ocean.
The
type specimen is deposited at The Natural History Museum in London, although the location given for the type specimen has not been recently confirmed.[3]
Description
R. palpebrosa is a small squid growing to approximately 45 mm (2 in) in
suckers on the clubs are arranged in about eight rows and are all much the same size. The arms are short but powerful and there are two rows of suckers in the mid part of each arm.[5]
Distribution
R. palpebrosa ranges from
benthic species and has a wide depth range, sometimes coming to within 10 m. of the surface in the fiords of north Norway and being recorded as deep as 1250 m.[6]
Biology
Fertilisation is internal and communal clusters of large numbers of eggs are laid.Demospongiae.[6] The food of this squid consists mainly of small crustaceans as well as fish and smaller squid. R. palpebrosa is itself eaten by larger fish and various marine mammals.[2]
References
- . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Julian Finn (2016). "Rossia palpebrosa Owen, 1934". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rossia palpebrosa Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
- ^ S2CID 86994226. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
External links
- "CephBase: Rossia palpebrosa". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.