Sepia ivanovi is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Indian Ocean, probably throughout southeast Africa, including Kenya, Mozambique, to the mouth of the Zambezi River. It lives at depths to 50 m.[3]
| Sepia ivanovi | |
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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. ivanovi
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| Binomial name | |
| Sepia ivanovi Khromov, 1982[2]
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Sepia ivanovi grows to a mantle length of 70 mm.[3]
The type specimen was collected near Mombasa, Kenya (04°03′S 40°00′E / 4.050°S 40.000°E). It is deposited at the Zoological Museum in Moscow.[4]
References
edit- ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Sepia ivanovi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162590A923595. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162590A923595.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Finn, Julian (2016). "Sepia ivanovi Khromov, 1982". 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
External links
edit- "CephBase: Sepia ivanovi". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.
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