Inioteuthis japonica

Inioteuthis japonica is a species of bobtail squid native to the western Pacific Ocean, specifically the waters off China, Taiwan, and southern Japan.^[3]

Inioteuthis japonica
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Sepiolida
Family:	Sepiolidae
Subfamily:	Sepiolinae
Genus:	Inioteuthis
Species:	I. japonica
Binomial name
Inioteuthis japonica (Tilesius in Férussac & d'Orbigny, 1845)[2]
Synonyms
Sepiola japonica Tilesius in Férussac & d'Orbigny, 1845 Inioteuthis inioteuthis Naef, 1912

I. japonica grows to 20 mm in mantle length.^[3]

The type specimen was collected off Japan. It was originally deposited at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, but is no longer extant.^[4]