Dwarf bobtail (Sepiola rondeletii)
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Researched by | Emily Wilson | Refereed by | Admin |
Authority | Leach, 1817 | ||
Other common names | - | Synonyms | - |
Summary
Description
Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland
Found mainly off the south coasts of BritainGlobal distribution
Throughout the Mediterranean; in the Eastern Atlantic, it extends from the North Sea to Senegal.Habitat
Found offshore on sandy and muddy substrata.Depth range
0-450mIdentifying features
- Tentacular clubs well developed, 8 suckers in the transverse rows.
- Gladius rudimentary.
- Ventral margin of mantle with a dense border of chromatophores.
- Outer surface of tentacular clubs heavily pigmented with chromatophores.
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Bibliography
Hayward, P., Nelson-Smith, T. & Shields, C. 1996. Collins pocket guide. Sea shore of Britain and northern Europe. London: HarperCollins.
Howson, C.M. & Picton, B.E., 1997. The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Belfast: Ulster Museum. [Ulster Museum publication, no. 276.]
Miramand, P. & Bentley, D., 1992. Concentration and distribution of heavy metals in tissues of two cephalopods, Eledone cirrhosa and Sepia officinalis, from the French coast of the English Channel. Marine Biology, 114, 407-414.
Roper, C.F.E., Sweeney, M.J. & Nauen, C.E., 1984. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 3. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, 125, 3, 277. Avaliable: http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/ac479e/ac479e00.htm
Datasets
NBN (National Biodiversity Network) Atlas. Available from: https://www.nbnatlas.org.
OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System), 2024. Global map of species distribution using gridded data. Available from: Ocean Biogeographic Information System. www.iobis.org. Accessed: 2024-12-10
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Last Updated: 06/11/2006