Sepia novaehollandiae

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Sepia novaehollandiae
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S. novaehollandiae
Binomial name
Sepia novaehollandiae
Hoyle, 1909
Synonyms
  • Sepia australis Férussac, 1835
  • Mesembrisepia irvingi Meyer, 1909
  • Sepia hedleyi Berry, 1918
  • Mesembrisepia macandrewi Iredale, 1926
  • Mesembrisepia ostanes Iredale, 1926

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Sepia novaehollandiae is a species of cuttlefish native to the southern Indo-Pacific. Its natural range stretches from Shellharbour, New South Wales (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) to North West Shelf in Western Australia (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.). It lives at depths of between 15 and 348 m.[1]

S. novaehollandiae grows to a mantle length of 77 mm.[1]

The type specimen was collected off Kangaroo Island, South Australia (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.). It is deposited at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Reid, A., P. Jereb, & C.F.E. Roper 2005. Family Sepiidae. In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 1. Rome, FAO. pp. 57–152.
  2. Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda

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