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Rossia megaptera A.E.Verrill, 1881

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Verrill, A. E. (1880). The Cephalopods of the North-Eastern coast of America. Part II. The smaller Cephalopods, including the “squids” and the octopi, with other allied forms. i>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 5: 259–446. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=40599

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Cephalopoda
order
Sepiida
family
Sepiolidae
genus
Rossia
species
Rossia megaptera

Name

Homonyms
Rossia megaptera A.E.Verrill, 1881
Common names
Big-fin Bobtail in English
big-fin bobtail squid in English
big-fin bobtail squid in English
メガボウズイカ in Japanese
big-fin bobtail squid in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp.
  2. Nesis, K. N., 1987: null. Cephalopods of the World: Squids, Cuttlefishes, Octopuses, and Allies. 351.
  3. Reid, A. & Jereb, P. (2005). Family Sepiolidae. pp. 153-203, in P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper eds. <em>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date.</em> Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (<em>Nautilidae</em>, <em>Sepiidae</em>, <em>Sepiolidae</em>, <em>Sepiadariidae</em>, <em>Idiosepiidae</em> and <em>Spirulidae</em>). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(1): 262 pp. 9 pls.
  4. Sweeney, M. J. and C. F. E. Roper / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds., 1998: Classification, type localities and type repositories of recent Cephalopoda. Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II). 561-599.
  5. Vechione, M., C.F.E. Roper and M.J. Sweeney. 1989. Marine flora and fauna of the eastern United States. Mollusca: Cephalopoda. NOAA Technical Report. NMFS 73. 23 p.
  6. Verrill, A. E. (1881). The Cephalopods of the Northeastern Coast of America. Part II. the smaller cephalopods, including the “ squids'” and the octopi, with other allied forms. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 5: 259-446, pl. 26-56.
  7. Verrill, A. E., 1881: The Cephalopods of the northeastern coast of America. Part II. The smaller Cephalopods, including the "squids" and the octopi, with other allied forms. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Sciences, 5 (6). 259-446.
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