Sepiola rondeletii

Sepiola rondeletii, also known as the dwarf bobtail, is a species of bobtail squid native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, including the Strait of Sicily, Aegean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Sea of Marmara, and Levantine Sea. In the northeastern Atlantic, its natural range extends from the North Sea to Senegal.^[3] Females grow to 60 mm in mantle length (though usually from 40 to 50 mm), while males are not known to exceed 25 mm ML.^[3]

Sepiola rondeletii
Sepiola rondeletii from the Mediterranean Sea (17 mm ML, 23 mm ML)
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Sepiolida
Family:	Sepiolidae
Subfamily:	Sepiolinae
Genus:	Sepiola
Species:	S. rondeletii
Binomial name
Sepiola rondeletii Leach, 1817[2]
Synonyms[2]
Loligo sepiola Blainville, 1828 Sepia sepiola Linnaeus, 1758 Sepiola desvigniana Gervais & Van Beneden, 1838 Sepiola grantiana Ferussac, 1834 Sepiola rondeleti Leach, 1817 Sepiola vulgaris Grant, 1833

The type specimen was collected in the Mediterranean Sea and was deposited at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. It no longer exists.^{[4][clarification needed]}