Sepietta petersi

Sepietta petersi

Mysterious bobtail

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Sepietta petersi

Sepietta petersi, also known as the Mysterious Bobtail, is a species of bobtail squid native to the Mediterranean Sea. A doubtful record of S. petersi also exists from the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco.

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The type specimen was collected in the Adriatic Sea and is deposited at the Zoologiska Museet in Uppsala, Sweden.

S. petersi has been described as a doubtful species and was considered a senior synonym of Sepietta obscura by Kir Nesis. A redescription of S. petersi and S. obscura is needed to determine the status of these two taxa. Other authorities consider it to be a synonym of Sepietta oweniana.

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References

1. Sepietta petersi Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepietta_petersi
2. Sepietta petersi on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/162586/922630

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