Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Sepiida > Family Sepiolidae > Genus Rossia

Rossia macrosoma (Delle Chiaje, 1830)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rossia*	Owen, 1834	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Rossia jacobii*	Ball, 1842	synonym
*Rossia owenii*	Ball, 1841	synonym
*Rossia panceri*	Targioni-Tozzetti, 1869	synonym
*Sepiola macrosoma*	Delle Chiaje, 1830	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: Ross's blæksprutte sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: stout bobtail; stout bobtail squid sources: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms;Jereb, P.; Roper, C.F.E. (Eds)(2005). An annotated an illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 1: Chambered nautilusses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes 4(1). FAO, Rome. 262p., 9 colour plates.

English-United States: Stout Bobtail sources: Charles Hussey

French: sépiole; sépiole melon sources: Jereb, P.; Roper, C.F.E. (Eds)(2005). An annotated an illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 1: Chambered nautilusses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes 4(1). FAO, Rome. 262p., 9 colour plates.

Greek: Μικροσουπιά; Σουπίτσα πεπόνι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: babbunedda; cape e chiuove; capo di chiodo; purpo seccia; seppiola grossa; vurpascele sources: Jereb, P.; Roper, C.F.E. (Eds)(2005). An annotated an illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 1: Chambered nautilusses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes 4(1). FAO, Rome. 262p., 9 colour plates.

Spanish, Castillian: chopito; globito robusto

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Jereb, P.; Roper, C.F.E. (Eds)(2005). An annotated an illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 1: Chambered nautilusses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes 4(1). FAO, Rome. 262p., 9 colour plates.
additional source	Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
Barcode of Life
Biodiversity Heritage Library (148 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Rossia macrosoma (Delle Chiaje, 1830). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141449