Sepia faurei

Taxobox
name = "Sepia faurei"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
ordo = Sepiida
familia = Sepiidae
genus = "Sepia"
subgenus = "Hemisepius"
species = "S. faurei"
binomial = "Sepia faurei"
binomial_authority = Roeleveld, 1972
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"Sepia faurei" is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Indian Ocean, specifically to the east of the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. It lives at depths to 168 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.]

"S. faurei" grows to a mantle length of 21 mm.

The type specimen was collected 88 km southeast of Cape Seal, South Africa (coord|35|00|S|23|07|E|scale:250000). It is deposited at the South African Museum in Cape Town. [ [http://www.mnh.si.edu/cephs/newclass.pdf Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda] ]

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