Description

Distal part of hectocotylus somewhat bent, narrow (i. e., two rows of suckers not spread apart to form a spoon-like widening) (Fig. 6 A). Arm tip blunt. No groove on hectocotylus lateral side facing right arm I (Fig. 6 B). First two suckers of dorsal row (Fig. 6 A, suckers 1 – 2) in distal part smaller than facing suckers of ventral row; followed by six markedly enlarged (Fig. 6 A, suckers 3 – 8), one small (smaller than facing ventral row suckers) (Fig. 6 A, sucker 9), two enlarged suckers (Fig. 6 A, suckers 10 – 11). All enlarged suckers about the same size. Distal to enlarged suckers, remaining eight suckers gradually taper to arm tip. Sucker stalks of enlarged suckers proportionally larger and elongated. Suckers of ventral row regularly sized. Female Immature. Bursa copulatrix large, roughly ear-shaped, longer than wide; anteriorly extends below left light-organ lens, posteriorly reaches posterior end of mantle cavity (most probably this is not so in mature females with enlarged ovary), medially reaches sagittal mantle cavity septum (Fig. 7 A). Folds converge towards centre of bursa where they deepen into a longitudinal opening. Posterior half of bursa bordered by elevated rim; contour elliptical, slightly pointed (like a barge prow). Large fungiform process, towards mantle wall rear of gill insertion, sticking out of bursa laterally from converging folds; stalk of process longitudinally folded; distal end larger than stalk, flat, roughly triangular with rounded corners, might be fused with mantle wall (slight possible scar on it) (Fig. 7 B).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Cephalopoda

Order: Sepiida

Family: Sepiolidae

Genus: Sepiola

Species: Sepiola boletzkyi Bello & Salman, 2015