Sepia smithi, also known as Smith's cuttlefish, is a widely distributed species of cuttlefish in the family Sepiidae.[1][2] The species has been observed off the coast of Northern Australia.[3][4]
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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: | Acanthosepion |
| Species: | S. smithi
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| Sepia smithi (Hoyle, 1885)
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Description
editThe species is usually a varying shade of brown in color, and can have white "dots" on their exterior. The species has 3 pairs of arms, and both sexes have eye-spots.[5] Sepia smithi was first described by William Evans Hoyle in 1885.[4]
Taxonomy
editA 2023 phylogenetic analysis found Sepia smithi to be sister to Sepia elliptica. Both were found to belong to a larger clade of Indo-Pacific species, assigned by the authors to the reinstated genus Acanthosepion, previously synonymized with Sepia.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Sepia smithi Hoyle, 1885". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ^ "Acanthosepion smithi Smith's cuttlefish". www.reeflex.net. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ^ Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Sepia smithi (Smith's Cuttlefish)". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ^ a b "Sepia smithi Hoyle, 1885 - Ocean Biodiversity Information System". portal.obis.org. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ^ "Smith's Cuttlefish". The Australian Museum. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ^ Lupše, Nik; Reid, Amanda; Taite, Morag; Kubodera, Tsunemi; Allcock, A. Louise (August 2023). "Cuttlefishes (Cephalopoda, Sepiidae): the bare bones—an hypothesis of relationships". Marine Biology. 170 (8). doi:10.1007/s00227-023-04195-3. ISSN 0025-3162.
Further reading
edit- van Elden, Sean; Meeuwig, Jessica J. (December 2020). "Wild observation of putative dynamic decapod mimicry by a cuttlefish (Sepia cf. smithi)". Marine Biodiversity. 50 (6). doi:10.1007/s12526-020-01117-0. ISSN 1867-1616.
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