Sepia acuminata

Taxobox
name = "Sepia acuminata"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
ordo = Sepiida
familia = Sepiidae
genus = "Sepia"
subgenus = "Rhombosepion"
species = "S. acuminata"
binomial = "Sepia acuminata"
binomial_authority = Smith, 1916
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"Sepia acuminata" is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Indian Ocean, from Port Elizabeth, South Africa to Somalia (01º30'N–30ºS), and Madagascar. It lives at a depth of between 44 and 369 m.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.]

Females are slightly larger than males, growing to 120 mm and 100 mm in mantle length, respectively.

The type specimen was collected near Tongaat Beach, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

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