Sepia pulchra
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| Sepia pulchra Roeleveld & Liltved, 1985 |
Sepia pulchra is a species of cuttlefish native to the southeastern Atlantic Ocean, specifically off the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. It lives at depths of between 15 and 50 m.[1][2]
S. pulchra grows to a mantle length of 22 mm.[2]
The type specimen was collected off Llandudno, Cape Peninsula. It is deposited at the South African Museum in Cape Town.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Roeleveld, M.A.C. & W.R. Liltved 1985. A new species of Sepia (Cephalopoda: Sepiidae) from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 96(1): 1-18.
- ^ 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
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