Hawaiian Bobtail Squid, scientifically Euprymna scolopes, is a species of bobtail squid in the family Sepiolidae native to the central Pacific Ocean, occurring in shallow coastal waters off the Hawaiian Islands and Midway Island. Its type specimen, collected off the Hawaiian Islands, is held at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
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System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleNo Significant Interaction with Humans 3 Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Euprymna scolopes (Wikidata)
In Biome
Marine, Biomes Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Euprymna scolopes (Animal Diversity Web)
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1. Euprymna scolopes (Wikipedia)
Lead sectionQuote, Lead section
scolopes feeds on species of shrimp, including Halocaridina rubra, Palaemon debilis, and Palaemon pacificus.
2. GBIF Species API
3. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Euprymna scolopes (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyConservation Status: CITES
CITES No special status
Economic Importance for Humans
There is no information indicating any positive effects by Euprymna scolopes on humans. ... There are no known negative effects of Euprymna scolopes on humans.
In Biome: Marine, Habitat Regions
Habitat Regions tropical tropical saltwater or marine saltwater or marine
View the Source 4. Euprymna scolopes (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q150870 (P225 taxon name)
- Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q150870
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): data deficient.
- Child Taxon Of: Sepiolida, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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