Sepia saya | |
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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: | Doratosepion |
Species: | S. saya
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Binomial name | |
Sepia saya Khromov, Nikitina & Nesis, 1991
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Sepia saya is a species of cuttlefish known only from its type locality in the southwestern Indian Ocean. It lives at depths of 87 to 117 m. [3]
Sepia saya grows to a mantle length of 90 mm. [3]
The type specimen was collected near the Saya-de-Malha Bank in the Indian Ocean ( 10°30′S 61°10′E / 10.500°S 61.167°E to 10°32′S 61°11′E / 10.533°S 61.183°E). It is deposited at the Zoological Museum in Moscow. [4]