Inioteuthis maculosa Goodrich, 1896

Bobtail squid

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050

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Inioteuthis maculosa AquaMaps Data sources: GBIF OBIS

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Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Cephalopoda | Sepiida | Sepiolidae | Sepiolinae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range Οικολογία

βενθικό(ς); εύρος βάθους 0 - 382 m (Αναφ. 107562). Tropical

Distribution Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

Indo-West Pacific: Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, India, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age

Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.3 cm ML αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 1695); 1.4 cm ML (female)

Depth is based on occurrence in the Philippines (Ref. 107562); to be replaced with a better reference. Members of the subfamily Sepiolinae live in bottoms, wherein they typically bury in soft bottoms during the day, and emerges at night to forage (Ref. 98471).

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | Larvae

Members of the class Cephalopoda are gonochoric. Male and female adults usually die shortly after spawning and brooding, respectively. Mating behavior: Males perform various displays to attract potential females for copulation. During copulation, male grasp the female and inserts the hectocotylus into the female's mantle cavity where fertilization usually occurs. Life cycle: Embryos hatch into planktonic stage and live for some time before they grow larger and take up a benthic existence as adults.