- Sepia tala
Taxobox
name = "Sepia tala"
image_caption =
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusca
classis =Cephalopod a
ordo =Sepiida
familia =Sepiidae
genus = "Sepia"
subgenus = "Doratosepion "
species = "S. tala"
binomial = "Sepia tala"
binomial_authority =Khromov ,Nikitina &Nesis , 1991
synonyms ="Sepia tala" is a species of
cuttlefish native to the southwesternIndian Ocean , specifically southwesternMadagascar offCape Tala . It is known only from the type locality. "S. tala" lives at depths of 325 to 332 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. tala" grows to a mantle length of 80 mm.
The
type specimen was collected offCape Tala (22°19'S to 22°23'S, 43°06'E) and is deposited at theZoological Museum inMoscow . [ [http://www.mnh.si.edu/cephs/newclass.pdf Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda] ]References
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