Sepia peterseni
| Sepia peterseni | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiidae |
| Genus: | Sepia |
| Subgenus: | Doratosepion |
| Species: | S. peterseni |
| Binomial name | |
| Sepia peterseni Appellöf, 1886 | |
Sepia peterseni is a species of cuttlefish native to the western Pacific Ocean. Its natural range stretches south of central Honshū to southern Kyūshū, and it is also present in South Korea. It lives on the inner shelf at depths of between 20 and 100 m.[1]
S. peterseni grows to a mantle length of 120 mm.[1] It has an elongated mantle, with a cuttlebone to match.
The type specimen was collected off Japan and is deposited at the Zoologiska Museet in Sweden.[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 peterseni". Archived from the original on 2005.
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