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The Gulf Bobtail Squid (Rossia bullisi) is a species of bobtail squid native to the tropical western Atlantic Ocean, specifically the northern Gulf of Mexico and Straits of Florida. is a municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Voss Bobtail squid (order Sepiolida) are a group of Cephalopods closely related to Cuttlefish. The Gulf of Mexico ( Spanish: Golfo de México) is the ninth largest Body of water in the world The Straits of Florida, Florida Straits, or Florida Strait is a Strait located south-southeast of the North American Mainland, generally accepted [1]
R. bullisi grows to 45 mm in mantle length. The mantle is an important part of the anatomy of Molluscs It is the dorsal body wall which covers the visceral mass [1]
The type specimen was collected in the Gulf of Mexico and is deposited at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.. In biology a type is that which fixes a name to a Taxon. Depending on the nomenclature code which is applied to the organism in question a type may be a specimen The Gulf of Mexico ( Spanish: Golfo de México) is the ninth largest Body of water in the world The National Museum of Natural History is a Natural history Museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D [2]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
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