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Semirossia tenera
Semirossia tenera (Verrill, 1880)
Lesser shining bobtail
Semirossia tenera
photo by FAO

Family:  Sepiolidae (bobtail squids), subfamily: Rossiinae
Max. size:  5 cm ML (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthic; marine; depth range 14 - 2622 m
Distribution:  Arctic, Eastern Central Pacific and Atlantic Ocean: From Nova Scotia to Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Tropical to polar.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Inhabits muddy and sandy bottoms on the continental shelf and upper continental slope (Ref. 106799). Buries in soft sediments during the day and emerges at night to forage (Ref. 102863).
IUCN Red List Status: (LC); Date assessed: 29 March 2009 Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
Country info:   
 

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