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Abralia grimpei

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Abralia grimpei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Enoploteuthidae
Genus: Abralia
Subgenus: Pygmabralia
Species:
A. grimpei
Binomial name
Abralia grimpei
Voss, 1959[2]

Abralia grimpei is a species of enoploteuthid cephalopod known from the western North Atlantic Ocean, including the West Indies and the Sargasso Sea. It is recognizable from other Abralia species by the extra photophores on its eyes.

References

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  1. ^ Barratt, I. & Allcock, L. (2014). "Abralia grimpei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. IUCN: e.T163030A965138. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163030A965138.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. ^ Julian Finn (2016). "Abralia (Pygmabralia) grimpei Voss, 1959". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 3 March 2018.