Sepia tuberculata

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Sepia tuberculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiidae
Genus: Sepia
Subgenus: Sepia
Species: S. tuberculata
Binomial name
Sepia tuberculata
Lamarck, 1798

Sepia tuberculata is a species of cuttlefish native to South African waters from Melbosstrand (33°43′S, 18°26′E) to Knysna (34°03′S, 23°03′E). It lives in very shallow water to a depth of 3 m.[1]

S. tuberculata grows to a mantle length of 82 mm.[1]

The type specimen was collected off the coast of South Africa and is deposited at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 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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