Sepia plathyconchalis

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Sepia plathyconchalis
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S. plathyconchalis
Binomial name
Sepia plathyconchalis

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Sepia plathyconchalis is a species of cuttlefish native to the western Indian Ocean, specifically the Saya-de-Malha Bank, Cargados-Carajos Shoals, and St Brandon Shoals. It lives in shallow waters at depths of between 25 and 63 m.[1]

S. plathyconchalis grows to a mantle length of 8 to 63 mm.[1]

The type specimen was collected in the Saya-de-Malha Bank, Indian Ocean (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.). It is deposited at the Zoological Museum in Moscow.[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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