Sepia acuminata is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Indian Ocean, from Port Elizabeth, South Africa to Somalia (01º30'N–30ºS), and Madagascar. It lives at a depth of between 44 and 369 m.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiidae |
| Genus: | Sepia |
| Subgenus: | Rhombosepion |
| Species: | S. acuminata
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| Sepia acuminata | |
Females are slightly larger than males, growing to 120 mm and 100 mm in mantle length, respectively.[3]
The type specimen was collected near Tongaat Beach, Port Elizabeth, South Africa[3] and is held in the Natural History Museum, London.[4]
References
edit- ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, A.L. (2012). "Sepia acuminata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162638A934155. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162638A934155.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Finn, Julian (2016). "Sepia acuminata Smith, 1916". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Michael J. Sweeney. "Recent Cephalopod Primary Type Specimens: A Searching Tool" (PDF). Wordpress. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
External links
edit- "CephBase: Sepia acuminata". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.
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