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''Iridoteuthis maoria'' is a species of bobtail squid native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It occurs in Cook Strait and Chatham Rise off North Island in New Zealand, and has also been recorded from the Nazca and Sala y Gomez submarine ridges in the eastern Pacific.〔Reid, A. & P. Jereb 2005. Family Sepiolidae. ''In:'' P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. ''Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae)''. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 1. Rome, FAO. pp. 153–203.〕 ''I. maoria'' has very large eyes and protruding fins. The length of the mantle and head—excluding the tentacles—is up to 38 mm, and the width including fins is up to 36 mm.〔Powell, A.W.B. 1979. ''New Zealand Mollusca''. William Collins Publishers Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN 0-00-216906-1〕 The type specimen was collected off New Zealand and is deposited at the National Museum of New Zealand in Wellington.〔(Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda )〕 ''I. maoria'' may belong to the genus ''Stoloteuthis''. ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iridoteuthis maoria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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