Sepia senta is a species of cuttlefish native to the southeastern Indian Ocean, specifically the North West Shelf in Western Australia (12°04′S 122°51′E / 12.067°S 122.850°E to 18°44′S 116°59′E / 18.733°S 116.983°E). It is possibly also present in Indonesia. Reid et al. (2005) note that "a very similar, probably closely related animal has been found in the Philippines". S. senta lives at depths of 256 to 426 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 |
| Species: | S. senta
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| Sepia senta | |
Females are on average larger than males. They grow to 83 mm and 62 mm in mantle length, respectively.[3]
The type specimen was collected off Western Australia (14°07′S 122°06′E / 14.117°S 122.100°E) and is deposited at the Museum of Victoria in Melbourne.[4]
References
edit- ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Sepia senta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162520A908215. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162520A908215.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Philippe Bouchet (2018). "Sepia senta Lu & Reid, 1997". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 13 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
External links
edit- "CephBase: Sepia senta". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.
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