Sepia limata

Sepia limata is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean, specifically southern Queensland to New South Wales, Australia (26°30′S 153°44′E to 34°40′S 150°51′E). It lives at depths of between 17–183 metres (56–600 ft).[3]

Sepia limata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiidae
Genus: Sepia
Subgenus: Doratosepion
Species:
S. limata
Binomial name
Sepia limata
(Iredale, 1926)[2]
Synonyms
  • Arctosepia limata Iredale, 1926

Females are slightly larger than males. They grow to a mantle length of 42 millimetres (1.7 in) and 35 millimetres (1.4 in), respectively.[3]

The type specimen was collected off Manly Beach, New South Wales (33°48′S 151°17′E). It is deposited at the Australian Museum in Sydney.[4]

References
  1. Barratt, I. & Allcock, L. (2012). "Sepia limata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162596A924746. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162596A924746.en. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. Finn, Julian (2016). "Sepia limata Iredale, 1926". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  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.
  4. Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda


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