Sepia reesi

Taxobox
name = "Sepia reesi"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
ordo = Sepiida
familia = Sepiidae
genus = "Sepia"
subgenus = "Rhombosepion"
species = "S. reesi"
binomial = "Sepia reesi"
binomial_authority = Adam, 1979
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"Sepia reesi" is a species of cuttlefish native to the southeastern Indian Ocean. Cuttlebone of this species known only from the type locality.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. reesi" grows to a mantle length of 45 mm.

The type specimen was collected in Salmon Bay, Rottnest Island, Western Australia. It is deposited at the Western Australian Museum in Perth. [ [http://www.mnh.si.edu/cephs/newclass.pdf Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda] ]

The specific epithet "reesi" honours British researcher William James Rees.

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