Sepia cottoni

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Sepia cottoni
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S. cottoni
Binomial name
Sepia cottoni
Adam, 1979

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Sepia cottoni is a species of cuttlefish native to the southeastern Indian Ocean, specifically from northwest of Broome (17°31' S) to Armstrong Point, Rottnest Island (32°0' S). It lives at a depth of between 83 and 183 m.[1]

S. cottoni grows to a mantle length of 55 mm.[1]

The type specimen was collected west of Lancelin, Australia (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.). It is deposited at the Western Australian Museum in Perth.[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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