Mimka Bobtail Squid
Amazing fact
The bobtail squid Euprymna morsei has a pouch-shaped body and round fins.
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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
Its name ("ear squid") comes from its fins, which look like ears.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Mimka Bobtail Squid
- Scientific name
- Euprymna morsei
- Japanese name
- ミミイカ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Cephalopoda
- Order
- Sepiolida
- Family
- Sepiolidae
- Genus
- Euprymna
How the Mimka Bobtail Squid lives
At night, it sometimes drifts in the water beneath lights such as street lamps.
鳥羽水族館Basic data
- Size
- Mantle length: about 4 cm
- Range
- South of southern Hokkaido
Where the Mimka Bobtail Squid has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ミミイカ
- 简体中文
- 四盘耳乌贼
- 繁體中文
- 四盤耳烏賊
- 한국어
- 귀오징어
- Español
- Globito Mimika
- Français
- Sépiole Mimika
- Italiano
- Seppiola giapponese
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ミミイカChecked: 2026-11-04
- 鳥羽水族館 — 食性Checked: 2026-11-09
- National Library of Medicine（PMC） — The functional-morphological adaptive strategy of digestive organs of decapodiform cephalopodsChecked: 2026-11-09
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
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