Sepia robsoni is a species of cuttlefish known only from its type locality, Hout Bay in South Africa. It lives at depths of between 17 and 37 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: | Hemisepius |
| Species: | S. robsoni
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| Sepia robsoni | |
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Sepia robsoni grows to a mantle length of 20 mm.[3]
The type specimen was collected in Hout Bay, South Africa and is deposited at the Natural History Museum in London.[4] The specific name honours the painter and curator of Zoology at the British Museum, Natural History, Guy Coburn Robson (1888-1945), and the species was named by the Irish naturalist Annie Massy (1868-1931).[5]
References
edit- ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Sepia robsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162510A906617. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162510A906617.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b Finn, Julian (2016). "Sepia robsoni Massy, 1927". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
- ^ "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. Q & R". Hans.G.Hansson. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
External links
edit- "CephBase: Sepia robsoni". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.
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