Pharaoh Cuttlefish

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Pharaoh Cuttlefish
Side view of a Pharaoh Cuttlefish, on display at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Sepiida Family: Sepiidae Genus: Sepia Subgenus: Sepia Species: S. pharaonis
Binomial name
Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831
Synonyms
Sepia rouxi Orbigny, 1841 Sepia formosana Berry, 1912 Sepia formosana Sasaki, 1929 Sepia tigris Sasaki, 1929 Sepia torosa Ortmann, 1888 Crumenasepia hulliana Iredale, 1926 Crumenasepia ursulae Cotton, 1929

The Pharaoh Cuttlefish (Sepia pharaonis) is a large cuttlefish species, growing to 42 cm in mantle length and 5 kg in weight.^[1]

S. pharaonis is native to at least the western Indian Ocean, including the Red Sea and Persian Gulf.^[2] It is likely a complex of at least three species, the distributions of which are not well understood.

The type specimen was collected in the Gulf of Suez and is deposited at the Zoologisches Museum in Berlin.^[3]

[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. ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda

[edit] External links

• CephBase: Pharaoh Cuttlefish