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Molluscs of Tasmania

Loliginidae: Sepioteuthis australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 (‘southern calamari’)

Synonym(s): australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 bilineata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832.

Typical mantle-length 450 mm. Lives in inshore waters in midwater. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA). In Tasmanian waters, this is a widespread and common species, and commonly targeted by fishermen.

Classification

Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Order: Myopsida
Superfamily: Myopsida – unplaced
Family: Loliginidae
Genus: Sepioteuthis

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