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Rossia Owen, 1834

Richard E. Young and Michael Vecchione
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The following 10 nominal species are recognized in the genus.
Containing group: Rossiinae

Introduction

Species of Rossia are small (less than 50 mm ML in many species), benthic sepiolids generally found in depths greater than 50m.

Diagnosis

A rossiin ...

Characteristics

  1. Arms
    1. No greatly enlarged suckers in middle of arms II and III.
    2. Both arms I hectocotylized.

  2. Tentacles
    1. Clubs expanded.
    2. Club suckers in 6-12 series.

  3. Head
    1. Beaks: Descriptions of representative species can be found here: Lower beak; upper beak.

  4. Photophores
    1. Photophores absent from ink sac.

  5. Viscera
    1. Ink sac functional.
    2. Anal flaps well developed.
    3. Epirenal bodies known to be present only in Rossia bullisi (Boletzky, 1971).

Distribution

Arctic, boreal Atlantic and Pacific; tropical western Atlantic Ocean (Nesis, 1982/1987).

References

Boletzky, S. v. 1971. Neorossia, n.g. pro Rossia caroli Joubin, 1902, with remarks on the generic status of Semirossia Steenstrup, 1887 (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). Bull. Mar. Sci. 21: 964-969.

Nesis, K. N. 1982. Abridged key to the cephalopod mollusks of the world's ocean. 385+ii pp. Light and Food Industry Publishing House, Moscow. (In Russian.). Translated into English by B. S. Levitov, ed. by L. A. Burgess (1987), Cephalopods of the world. T. F. H. Publications, Neptune City, NJ, 351pp.

Voss, G. L. 1956. Review of the cephalopods of the Gulf of Mexico. Bull. Mar. Sci. Gulf Carib. 6: 85-178.

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Scientific Name Rossia pacifica
Location Sea of Japan
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
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