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Neorossia caroli (Joubin, 1902)

Mantle length up to 85 mm. Distributed in low boreal to tropical waters in the eastern Atlantic, along the European and African shores, and Mediterranean Sea, and also off the Falkland Islands. The northern part of the North Sea is the main northern border of its range, but it may occasionally enter the low Arctic. It is a necto-benthic shelf and slope species, which has been found down to 1750 m water depth. Little is known about the life habits of the species.

References:

Grimpe G. Die cephalopoden des arktischen Gebietes. Fauna Arctica, 1933. Vol. 6. – P. 489-514 [in German].

Boletzky S. von. Neorossia N. G. pro Rossia (Allorossia) caroli Joubin, 1902, with remarks on the generic status of Semirossia Steenstrup, 1887 (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). Bulletin of Marine Science, 1971. Vol. 21. – P. 964-969.

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.

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, Neorossia caroli (Joubin, 1902), http://www.ni.is/biota/animalia/mollusca/cephalopoda/neorossia-caroli

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