Rondeletiola minor, also known as the lentil bobtail, is a species of bobtail squid native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Its natural range covers the northwest of Spain, Portugal, and the eastern, central and western Mediterranean Sea (including the Ligurian Sea, northern and southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Strait of Sicily, Gulf of Taranto, Adriatic Sea, north Aegean Sea, Sea of Marmara, and Levantine Sea) to the southeastern Atlantic Benguela Current off Namibia.[3]
R. minor grows to a mantle length (ML) of 23 mm.[3]
The type specimen was collected in the Tyrrhenian Sea and is deposited at the Stazione Zoologica in Naples.[4]
Ventral view of the mantle cavity (circular organ of fused photophores highlighted in blue)
Oral view of arms I
Rondeletiola minor, also known as the lentil bobtail, is a species of bobtail squid native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Its natural range covers the northwest of Spain, Portugal, and the eastern, central and western Mediterranean Sea (including the Ligurian Sea, northern and southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Strait of Sicily, Gulf of Taranto, Adriatic Sea, north Aegean Sea, Sea of Marmara, and Levantine Sea) to the southeastern Atlantic Benguela Current off Namibia.
R. minor grows to a mantle length (ML) of 23 mm.
The type specimen was collected in the Tyrrhenian Sea and is deposited at the Stazione Zoologica in Naples.
Ventral view of the mantle cavity (circular organ of fused photophores highlighted in blue)
Oral view of arms I
Rondeletiola minor is een soort in de taxonomische indeling van de inktvissen, een klasse dieren die tot de stam der weekdieren (Mollusca) behoort. De inktvis komt enkel in zout water voor en is in staat om van kleur te veranderen. Hij beweegt zich voort door water in zijn mantel te pompen en het er via de sifon weer krachtig uit te persen. De inktvis is een carnivoor en zijn voedsel bestaat voornamelijk uit vis, krabben, kreeften en weekdieren die ze met de zuignappen op hun grijparmen vangen.
De inktvis komt uit het geslacht Rondeletiola en behoort tot de familie Sepiolidae. Rondeletiola minor werd in 1912 beschreven door Naef.[1]
Bronnen, noten en/of referentiesRondeletiola minor é uma espécie de molusco pertencente à família Sepiolidae.
A autoridade científica da espécie é Naef, tendo sido descrita no ano de 1912.
Trata-se de uma espécie presente no território português, incluindo a zona económica exclusiva.
Rondeletiola minor é uma espécie de molusco pertencente à família Sepiolidae.
A autoridade científica da espécie é Naef, tendo sido descrita no ano de 1912.
Trata-se de uma espécie presente no território português, incluindo a zona económica exclusiva.
