Sepia baxteri

Taxobox
name = "Sepia baxteri"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
ordo = Sepiida
familia = Sepiidae
genus = "Sepia"
subgenus = undetermined
species = "S. baxteri"
binomial = "Sepia baxteri"
binomial_authority = (Iredale, 1940)
synonyms =
*"Blandosepia baxteri"
Iredale, 1940

"Sepia baxteri" is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean, specifically the waters around Lord Howe Island. It is known only from the type
cuttlebones. Depth range is unknown.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.]

Cuttlebones of this species are known to reach at least 74 mm.

"S. baxteri" is possibly a junior synonym of "Sepia bandensis". The placement of this species in the genus "Sepia" is also questionable. [http://www.mnh.si.edu/cephs/newclass.pdf Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda] ]

The type specimen was collected near Lord Howe Island (coord|31|33|S|159|05|E|scale:250000). It is deposited at the Australian Museum in Sydney.

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