Sepia angulata

Taxobox
name = "Sepia angulata"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
ordo = Sepiida
familia = Sepiidae
genus = "Sepia"
subgenus = "Sepia"
species = "S. angulata"
binomial = "Sepia angulata"
binomial_authority = Roeleveld, 1972
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"Sepia angulata" is a species of cuttlefish native to the southeastern Atlantic Ocean, from Bloubergstrand (coord|33|48|S|18|27|E|scale:250000) to Still Bay (coord|34|23|S|21|25|E|scale:250000). It is knownonly from cuttlebones.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.] The validity of "S. angulata" has been questioned. [http://www.mnh.si.edu/cephs/newclass.pdf Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda] ]

Cuttlebones of this species are up to 75 mm in length.

The type specimen was collected near Bloubergstrand, South Africa (coord|33|48|S|18|27|E|scale:250000) and is deposited at the South African Museum.

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