Sepia carinata
| Sepia carinata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiidae |
| Genus: | Sepia |
| Subgenus: | Doratosepion |
| Species: | S. carinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Sepia carinata Sasaki, 1920 | |
Sepia carinata is a species of cuttlefish native to the western Pacific Ocean, specifically southern Japan, Sagami Bay, the South China Sea, and Vietnam. Depth range is lower sublittoral, to 128 m.[1]
S. carinata grows to a mantle length of 60 mm.[1]
Reid et al. note that "this is likely to be a very rare species as it has not been recorded from Japanese waters since its original description".[1]
The type specimen was collected in the Sagami Sea, Japan (35°04'50''N 139°38'18''E). It is deposited at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C..[2]
References
- 1 2 3 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
- "CephBase: Sepia carinata". Archived from the original on 2005.
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