Neorossia caroli
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiolida |
| Family: | Sepiolidae |
| Subfamily: | Rossiinae |
| Genus: | Neorossia |
| Species: | N. caroli |
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Neorossia caroli (Joubin, 1902) |
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Neorossia caroli, the Carol bobtail squid, is a species of bobtail squid belonging to the family Sepiolidae.
The species name caroli derives from Carolus, Latinized name of Carlos. It honors H. M. the King don Carlos of Portugal.
Subspecies include:
This species is widespread in the Atlantic Ocean from Iceland and the United Kingdom southwards along the Atlantic coast of Europe and Africa as far south as Namibia, the Patagonian slope and Falkland Islands. It is also present in the Mediterranean Sea and in and the Black Sea. This bottom living species occurs in areas of muddy substrate at depths of 40 to 1744 m.
Neorossia caroli can reach a mantle length of 51 mm in males, while in females the mantle length can attain 83 mm. Body is soft, fleshy and the mantle is broad and oval. The dorsal border of the mantle is not fused to the head. Arms have two rows of suckers. The ink sac is not functional.
These squids usually bury in muddy substrate during the day, emerging only at night to feed. During copulation, males insert into the female's mantle cavity the arm () specialized to store and transfer spermatophores. Spawning occurs throughout the year. The eggs are violet and rather large. They are attached to hard substrates. Males and females usually die after spawning and brooding.
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