description Egea inermis Overview
A small sepiolid squid (family Sepiolidae) of the Mediterranean Sea, notable for reduced arm armature reflected in the species epithet 'inermis,' meaning unarmed.
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Is Egea inermis really a sepiolid squid?
Current World Register of Marine Species data places Egea inermis in the family Cranchiidae, the glass squids, rather than Sepiolidae. Egea is also a monotypic genus, meaning Egea inermis is its only recognized species. [WoRMS](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342293)
Where was Egea inermis first described?
Joubin described the species in 1933. The FAO cephalopod catalogue gives its type locality as 33 degrees 51 minutes north and 66 degrees 43 minutes west in the North Atlantic, so a Mediterranean-only description should be treated cautiously. [FAO catalogue](https://www.fao.org/4/i1920e/i1920e04.pdf)
How large can Egea inermis become?
The FAO catalogue lists a maximum mantle length of 420 millimetres. That is a useful measured fact because descriptions calling it simply a small squid can be misleading. [FAO catalogue](https://www.fao.org/4/i1920e/i1920e04.pdf)
What does the name Egea inermis mean?
The species epithet inermis is Latin for unarmed. WoRMS also records Phasmatopsis lucifer as a synonym, while the accepted name remains Egea inermis Joubin, 1933. [WoRMS](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342293)
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