Sepioloidea pacifica
Species of cephalopod
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Sepioloidea pacifica, also known as the Pacific bobtail squid, is a species of cephalopod native to the southern Pacific Ocean; it occurs off New Zealand in the west and in the Nazca and Sala y Gomez submarine ridges in the east.[3][4]
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| Sepioloidea pacifica | |
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| Sepioloidea pacifica observed in the Wellington Harbour, New Zealand | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiolida |
| Family: | Sepiadariidae |
| Genus: | Sepioloidea |
| Species: | S. pacifica |
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| Sepioloidea pacifica | |
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The type specimen was collected off New Zealand and is deposited at the National Museum of New Zealand in Wellington.[5] Sepioloidea pacifica was first described as a species in 1882 by T.W. Kirk.[6]
