Sepia mira
| Sepia mira | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiidae |
| Genus: | Sepia |
| Subgenus: | undetermined |
| Species: | S. mira |
| Binomial name | |
| Sepia mira (Cotton, 1932) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sepia mira is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean, specifically from the mouth of Clarence River, New South Wales (29°19′S 153°29′E / 29.317°S 153.483°E) to off Wooli (29°49′S 153°27′E / 29.817°S 153.450°E) in Australia. It lives at depths of between 20 and 72 m.[1]
S. mira grows to a mantle length of 55 mm.[1]
The type specimen was collected in Capricorn Group, North-West Islet, Queensland (23°18′S 151°42′E / 23.300°S 151.700°E). It is deposited at the South Australian Museum in Adelaide.[2]
References
- 1 2 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 mira". Archived from the original on 2005.
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