Species Euprymna tasmanica (Pfeffer, 1884)
Southern Bobtail Squid
Compiler and date details
2012 - Updated by Julian Finn, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Sepiola tasmanica Pfeffer, G. 1884. Die Cephalopoden des Hamburger Naturhistorischen Museums. Abhandlungen Herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 8: 63-90 3 pls [66].
Type data:
Holotype ZMH, Bass Strait.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Southeastern Australia from Queensland, Brisbane to Western Australia, Shark Bay
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Distribution References
- Reid, A. & Jereb, P. 2005. Family Sepiolidae. pp. 153-203 in Jereb, P. & Roper, C.F.E. (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 Rome : FAO Vol. 1 pp. 1-262. [173]
Ecological Descriptors
Inshore, marine.
General References
Lu, C.C. & Phillips, J.U. 1985. An annotated checklist of Cephalopoda from Australian waters. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Victoria 2: 21-36 [27] (Australian distribution)
Norman, M. 2000. Cephalopods, a world guide. Hakenheim : ConchBooks 320 pp. [98] (biology)
Norman, M.D. & Lu, C.C. 1997. Redescription of the southern dumpling squid Euprymna tasmanica and a revision of the genus Euprymna (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 77: 1109-1137 [1128] (redescription and Australian distribution)
Norman, M.D. & Reid, A.L. 2000. A Guide to Squid, Cuttlefish and Octopus of Australasia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 96 pp. [36] (biology and distribution)
Reid, A. & Jereb, P. 2005. Family Sepiolidae. pp. 153-203 in Jereb, P. & Roper, C.F.E. (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 Rome : FAO Vol. 1 pp. 1-262. [173] (diagnostic features, geographical distribution, habitat and biology)
Common Name References
Norman, M. 2000. Cephalopods, a world guide. Hakenheim : ConchBooks 320 pp. [98] (Southern Bobtail Squid)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2014 | SEPIOLIDA | 08-May-2012 | MODIFIED | Dr Julian Finn (NMV) |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |