- Sepia mirabilis
Taxobox
name = "Sepia mirabilis"
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusca
classis =Cephalopod a
ordo =Sepiida
familia =Sepiidae
genus = "Sepia"
subgenus = "Doratosepion "
species = "S. mirabilis"
binomial = "Sepia mirabilis"
binomial_authority =Khromov , 1988
synonyms ="Sepia mirabilis" is a species of
cuttlefish native to the westernIndian Ocean . Specifically, it is present offSokotra Island , and its natural range probably stretches to the east coast ofAfrica . It lives at depths to 50 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. mirabilis" grows to a mantle length of 70 mm.
The
type specimen was collected in theArabian Sea (coord|12|22|N|54|28|E|scale:250000). It is deposited at theZoological Museum inMoscow . [ [http://www.mnh.si.edu/cephs/newclass.pdf Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda] ]References
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