Sepia sewelli is a species of cuttlefish native to the western Indian Ocean, from Cape Guardafui, Somalia (11°57′N 50°35′E / 11.950°N 50.583°E to 05°40′S 39°17′E / 5.667°S 39.283°E) to Zanzibar and probably Madagascar. It lives at depths of 37 to 238 m.[3]
| Sepia sewelli | |
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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. sewelli
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| Binomial name | |
| Sepia sewelli | |
Sepia sewelli grows to a mantle length of 30 mm.[3]
The type specimen was collected near Cape Guardafui (11°57′12″N 50°35′00″E / 11.95333°N 50.58333°E to 11°56′42″N 50°39′12″E / 11.94500°N 50.65333°E) and is deposited at The Natural History Museum in London.[4]
References
edit- ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Sepia sewelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162678A943019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162678A943019.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Finn, Julian (2016). "Sepia sewelli Adam & Rees, 1966". 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 sewelli". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.
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