Stoloteuthis maoria

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Stoloteuthis maoria
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Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiolidae
Subfamily: Heteroteuthidinae
Genus: Stoloteuthis
Species:
S. maoria[1]
Binomial name
Stoloteuthis maoria[1]
(Dell, 1959)
Synonyms
  • Iridioteuthis maoria Dell, 1959
  • Iridoteuthis maoria Dell, 1959

Stoloteuthis maoria is a species of

submarine ridges in the eastern Pacific.[3]

S. maoria has very large eyes and protruding fins. The length of the mantle and head—excluding the tentacles—is up to 38 mm, and the width including fins is up to 36 mm.[4]

The

National Museum of New Zealand in Wellington.[5]

S. maoria belongs to the genus Stoloteuthis.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Stoloteuthis maoria (Dell, 1959). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410404 on 2021-07-28
  2. . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda

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