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Molluscs of Tasmania

Ommastrephidae: Todaropsis eblanae (Ball, 1841) (‘Lesser flying-squid’)

Synonym(s): eblanae Ball, 1841.
Typical mantle-length 200 mm. Lives in offshore waters in midwater. Native. Ocurs in eastern and western Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and NT); also widespread elsewhere.

Classification

Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Order: Oegopsida
Superfamily: Oegopsida – unplaced
Family: Ommastrephidae
Genus: Todaropsis

Vexitomina
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