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Atlantic Bobtail Squid

Sepiola atlantica

Classification

Order
Sepiida

Sepiola atlantica, also known as the Atlantic bobtail, is a species of bobtail squid native to the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Description Sepiola atlantica has short fins which do not overlap the mantle margin either anteriorly or posteriorly. The four arms have two series of suckers close to the body and 4 to 8 rows of minute suckers toward their tips.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 195United Kingdom · 157Belgium · 147France · 108Spain · 2