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Distribution: Mediterranean Sea, Azores, Senegal, British Isles, 

 Greenland. 



Material examined : One specimen dredged in 100 fms., nine and 

 one-half miles E. by S. from Cape Bon Tunis, North Africa, July 

 19, 1927, by the "Ara." 



Habits : This is a sedentary species, frequently found burrowed in 

 the mud, with only the big eyes protruding watchfully ; when it moves 

 it is a rapid swimmer. It spawns in May and June; a female will 

 deposit from 40 to 130 eggs ; these hatch in from 22 to 25 days, into 

 opalescent, miniature squid. 



Economic use: This species is used abundantly as food in the 

 Mediterranean countries. 



Technical description: Consult Guiseppe Jatta: Cefalopodi 

 viventi nel Golfo de Napoli; Mon. 23, Fauna und Flora des Golfes 

 von Neapel, p. 124, tav. 4, figs. 5 e 6 ; tav. 5, fig. 3 ; tav. 7, figs. 7 e 15 ; 

 tav. 8, fig. 2 ; tav. 14, figs. 16-20 ; 1896. 



The "Ara" specimen is a small one, but is of interest in that it 

 establishes a new station for the species. 

 References: Sepiola Rondelet, De Pisibus Marinis, Lugduni, 1553, 



libr. XVII, cap. X, p. 519, 1554. 

 Sepiola, Bondeletius Gesner, Hist. Animalium, libr. 4, p. 855, 1555, 

 1558. Sepiola rondeletii Jatta, G., Fauna und Flora des Golfes 

 von Neapel, mon. 23, p. 124, tav. 4, figs. 5 e 6 ; tav. 5, fig. 3 ; tav. 7, 

 figs. 7 e 15; tav. 8, fig. 2; tav. 14, figs. 16-20, 1896 (with full 

 synonymy from 1554 to 1894). 

 Sepiola rondeleti Joubin, Res. Campag. Sci. Monaco, Fasc. IX, p. 23, 

 ]895; ibid, Fasc. XVII, p. 40, 1900; Mem. Soc. Zool. France, XV, 

 p. 85, text fig. 1, 1902. 



Genus : EOSSIA Owen, 1835. 

 Subgenus: Eossia 

 Eossia (Eossia) macrosoma (delle Chiaje). 

 Type: D'Orbigny's type is deposited in the Paris Museum. 

 Distribution: Mediterranean and west coast of Europe as far 

 north as the British Isles, Ireland, Denmark and the Scandinavian 

 coasts. Bathymetric occurrence : 20 to 150 fms. 



Material examined: One specimen, dredged in 100 fms., Cape 

 Bon Tunis, North Africa, July 19, 1927, by the "Ara." 



