Abralia andamanica

Abralia andamanica
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Oegopsida
Family:	Enoploteuthidae
Genus:	Abralia
Subgenus:	Heterabralia
Species:	A. andamanica
Binomial name
	Abralia andamanica; Goodrich, 1896[2]

Abralia andamanica is a species of enoploteuthid cephalopod native to the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. It is known from Australia, Indonesia, Japan and Hawaiʻi. It is associated with shelf waters, and will rise to the upper water column at night to feed. Females spawn eggs 0.9–1.5 mm in diameter in gelatinous strings.

References

Barratt, I. & Allcock, L. (2014). "Abralia andamanica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T163184A981263. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163184A981263.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
Julian Finn (2016). "Abralia (Heterabralia) andamanica Goodrich, 1896". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

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[1] Barratt, I. & Allcock, L. (2014). "Abralia andamanica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T163184A981263. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163184A981263.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

[WoRMS-2] Julian Finn (2016). "Abralia (Heterabralia) andamanica Goodrich, 1896". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 3 March 2018.