Editing Bobtail squid (section)

{{short description|Order cephalopod molluscs closely related to cuttlefish}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Sepiolida
| name = Bobtail squid
| image = Sepiola atlantica.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Sepiola atlantica]]''
| authority = [[P. v. Fioroni|Fioroni]], 1981
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision = 
[[Idiosepiidae]]<br/>
[[Sepiolidae]]
}}

'''Bobtail squid''' (order Sepiolida)<ref name="Sanchez_al.2019">{{cite journal |author1=Gustavo Sanchez |author2=Jeffrey Jolly |author3=Amanda Reid |author4=Chikatoshi Sugimoto |author5=Chika Azama |author6=Ferdinand Marlétaz |author7=Oleg Simakov |author8=Daniel S. Rokhsar |title=New bobtail squid (Sepiolidae: Sepiolinae) from the Ryukyu islands revealed by molecular and morphological analysis |journal=[[Communications Biology]] |volume=2 |issue=465 |pages=465 |doi=10.1038/s42003-019-0661-6 |pmid=31840110 |pmc=6906322 |date=2019-12-11 }}</ref> are a group of [[cephalopods]] closely related to [[cuttlefish]]. Bobtail squid tend to have a rounder [[mantle (mollusc)|mantle]] than cuttlefish and have no [[cuttlebone]]. They have eight suckered arms and two tentacles and are generally quite small (typical male mantle length being between {{convert|1|and|8|cm|in|abbr=on}}).<ref name=McFall-Ngai />

Sepiolids live in shallow [[coastal]] waters of the [[Pacific Ocean]] and some parts of the [[Indian Ocean]] and [[Atlantic Ocean]] as well as in shallow waters on the west coast of the [[Cape Peninsula]] off South Africa. Like cuttlefish, they can swim by either using the [[Cephalopod fin|fins]] on their mantle or by jet propulsion. They are also known as "dumpling squid" (owing to their rounded mantle) or "stubby squid".