Almennt
Rossia moelleri Steenstrup, 1856
Mantle length up to 70 mm. Distributed in the high Arctic and is rarely found elsewhere. It is a necto-benthic shelf species, occurring down to 600 m water depth. This bobtail squid is not common in boreal Atlantic, but may occur in the vicinity of cold water currents from the Arctic. The species was not found during BIOICE program and no voucher specimens are deposited in collections of IINH.
References:
Mercer M. C. Systematics of the sepiolid squid Rossia Owen 1835 in Canadian waters with a preliminary review of the genus and notes on biology. [M.Sc. Thesis] Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. Johns, Canada, 1968. 106 p.
Nesis K. N. Cephalopod molluscs of the Arctic Ocean and its seas. Fauna and distribution of molluscs: North Pacific and Arctic Basin, 1987. – P. 115-136 [in Russian].
Nesis K. N. West-Arctic and East-Arctic distributional ranges of cephalopods. Sarsia, 2001. Vol. 86. – P. 1-11.
Jereb P., Roper C. F. E. (eds) Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 1. Rome, FAO. 2005. 262p.
Zumholz K., Frandsen R. P. New information on the life history of cephalopods off west Greenland. Polar Biology, 2006. Vol. 29. – P. 169-178.
Golikov A. V., Sabirov R. M., Lubin P. A., Jørgensen L. L. Changes in distribution and range structure of Arctic cephalopods due to climatic changes of the last decades. Biodiversity, 2013. Vol. 14. – P. 28-35.
Alexey V. Golikov and Rushan M. Sabirov, Kazan Federal University, Department of Zoology, & Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Icelandic Institute of Natural History, Department of Collections and Systematics
Citing this page:Golikov A. V., Sabirov R. M., Gudmundsson G. (2017). Cephalopoda, Rossia moelleri Steenstrup, 1856, http://www.ni.is/biota/animalia/mollusca/cephalopoda/rossia-moelleri
Myndir
Höfundur
Guðmundur Guðmundsson maí 2017
Biota
- Tegund (Species)
- (Rossia moelleri)