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Molluscs of Tasmania

Enoploteuthidae: Abraliopsis (Abraliopsis) tui Riddell, 1985 (‘tui squid’)

Synonym(s): tui Riddell, 1985.

Typical mantle-length 100 mm. Lives in offshore waters. Native. Occurs in southeastern Australia (TAS only); also New Zealand and elsewhere in the southwest Pacific Ocean. In Tasmanian waters, this species occurs well offshore, with available records all from off the south and east coasts.

Classification

Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Order: Oegopsida
Superfamily: Oegopsida – unplaced
Family: Enoploteuthidae
Genus: Abraliopsis

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no coastal locality records for this species currently available