Sepia typica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Sepiida |
Family: | Sepiidae |
Genus: | Sepia |
Subgenus: | Hemisepius |
Species: | S. typica
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Binomial name | |
Sepia typica (
Steenstrup, 1875)
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Sepia typica is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Indian Ocean and southeastern Atlantic Ocean. Its natural range stretches from Saldanha Bay, South Africa ( 33°00′S 17°56′E / 33.000°S 17.933°E) to southern Mozambique. It lives at depths of 2 to 290 m. [3]
Sepia typica is a very small species, growing to only 26 mm in mantle length. [3]
The type specimen was collected in Table Bay, South Africa ( 33°50′S 18°27′E / 33.833°S 18.450°E). It is deposited at the Kobenhavns Universitet Zoologisk Museum in Copenhagen. [4]