Sepia typica
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Sepia typica (Steenstrup, 1875)
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Sepia typica is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Indian Ocean and southeastern Atlantic Ocean. Its natural range stretches from Saldanha Bay, South Africa (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) to southern Mozambique. It lives at depths of 2 to 290 m.[1]
S. typica is a very small species, growing to only 26 mm in mantle length.[1]
The type specimen was collected in Table Bay, South Africa (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.). It is deposited at the Kobenhavns Universitet Zoologisk Museum in Copenhagen.[2]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
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