Abralia redfieldi

Abralia redfieldi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Enoploteuthidae
Genus: Abralia
Subgenus: Pygmabralia
Species:
A. redfieldi
Binomial name
Abralia redfieldi
Voss, 1955

Abralia redfieldi is a species of enoploteuthid cephalopod ranging across the Atlantic Ocean from the waters of Nova Scotia to Argentina in the west, to the waters of western Africa south to South Africa in the east. It has been caught at depths of 50–100 m at night, and is preyed upon by dwarf sperm whales.

It is similar in appearance to the Pacific Ocean species, Abralia similis.

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