not born with the needed bacteria for their light organ and must capture them from the water column before the light organ can develop. Naming The southern dumpling squid is often referred to as the southern bobtail squid, however this common names also refers to a different smaller Australian species of bobtail squid which has yet to be scientifically named. References M Norman & A Reid, (2000), A Guide to Squid, Cuttlefish and Octopuses of Australasia. Moorabbin, The Gould League of Australia. External links Marine species gallery The cephalopod page Bobtail squid Fauna of Western Australia Molluscs described in 1884