Broadclub Cuttlefish

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Broadclub Cuttlefish
S. latimanus from Sipadan, Malaysia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Sepiida Family: Sepiidae Genus: Sepia Subgenus: Sepia Species: S. latimanus
Binomial name
Sepia latimanus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Synonyms
Sepia rappiana Férussac, 1835 Sepia mozambica Rochebrune, 1884 Sepia hercules Pilsbry, 1894 Ponderisepia eclogaria Iredale, 1926 Sepia harmeri Robson, 1928

The Broadclub Cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) is the second largest cuttlefish species after Sepia apama, growing to 50 cm in mantle length and 10 kg in weight.^[1]

S. latimanus is widely distributed from the Andaman Sea, east to Fiji, and south to northern Australia. It is the most common cuttlefish species on coral reefs, living at a depth of up to 30 m.^[2]

It is known to prey on shrimp and prawns of the genus Palaemon.^[3]

The type specimen was collected in New Guinea and is deposited at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.^[4]

[edit] See also

• Cephalopod size

[edit] References

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. ^ Norman, M.D. 2000. Cephalopods: A World Guide. ConchBooks.
3. ^ Boletzky S.v. & R.T. Hanlon. 1983. A Review of the Laboratory Maintenance, Rearing and Culture of Cephalopod Molluscs. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria: Proceedings of the Workshop on the Biology and Resource Potential of Cephalopods, Melbourne, Australia, 9-13 March, 1981, Roper, Clyde F.E., C.C. Lu &F.G. Hochberg, ed. 44: 147-187.
4. ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda

[edit] External links

• CephBase: Broadclub Cuttlefish