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Sepia plathyconchalis Filippova & Khromov 1991

Sepia plathyconchalis

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Sepia plathyconchalis is a species of cuttlefish native to the western Indian Ocean, specifically the Saya-de-Malha Bank, Cargados-Carajos Shoals, and St Brandon Shoals. It lives in shallow waters at depths of between 25 and 63 m.[3]

Sepia plathyconchalis grows to a mantle length of 8 to 63 mm.[3]

The type specimen was collected in the Saya-de-Malha Bank, Indian Ocean (). It is deposited at the Zoological Museum in Moscow.[4]

References

  1. ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Sepia plathyconchalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162641A934740. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162641A934740.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Julian Finn (2016). "Sepia plathyconchalisFilippova & Khromov, 1991". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda

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Sepia plathyconchalis: Brief Summary

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Sepia plathyconchalis is a species of cuttlefish native to the western Indian Ocean, specifically the Saya-de-Malha Bank, Cargados-Carajos Shoals, and St Brandon Shoals. It lives in shallow waters at depths of between 25 and 63 m.

Sepia plathyconchalis grows to a mantle length of 8 to 63 mm.

The type specimen was collected in the Saya-de-Malha Bank, Indian Ocean (). It is deposited at the Zoological Museum in Moscow.

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Depth range

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25 to 63 m, shallow water species

Reference

Jereb, P.; Roper, C.F.E. (Eds)(2005). An annotated an illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 1: Chambered nautilusses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes 4(1). FAO, Rome. 262p., 9 colour plates.

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