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Rondeletiola minor (Lentil Bobtail)

Synonyms: Sepietta minor

Wikipedia Abstract

Rondeletiola minor, also known as the Lentil Bobtail, is a species of bobtail squid native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Its natural range covers the northwest of Spain, Portugal, and the eastern, central and western Mediterranean Sea (including the Ligurian Sea, northern and southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Strait of Sicily, Gulf of Taranto,Adriatic Sea, north Aegean Sea, Sea of Marmara, and Levantine Sea) to the southeastern Atlantic Beguela Current off Namibia. R. minor grows to a mantle length (ML) of 23 mm. \n* \n* Oral view of arms I
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Predators

Loligo vulgaris (European Squid)[1]
Tursiops truncatus (Bottlenosed Dolphin)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Dicyema rondeletiolae[2]
Dicyema schulzianum[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0