Sepia hedleyi
Sepia hedleyi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Sepiida |
Family: | Sepiidae |
Genus: | Sepia |
Subgenus: | Rhombosepion
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Species: | S. hedleyi
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Binomial name | |
Sepia hedleyi | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Sepia hedleyi, or Hedley's cuttlefish, is a species of cuttlefish in the family Sepiidae, endemic to subtropical and temperate waters off Australia.
Description
Sepia hedleyi is a relatively small species of cuttlefish with a
Distribution
Sepia hedleyi is endemic to the waters off Australia. Its range extends from the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland around the eastern, southern, and western coasts of Australia to just to the south west of Shark Bay in Western Australia,[3] including Tasmania.[4]
Habitat and ecology
Sepia hedleyi occurs from shallow water to the continental slope,[1] with the maximum depth recorded being 1092 m and the minimum 47 m.[3]
Fisheries
Sepia hedleyi is frequently caught as bycatch in trawl fisheries in which the quarry is prawn or mixed species.[4]
Naming
Hedley's cuttlefish was
References
- ^ . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b Julian Finn (2016). "Sepia hedleyi Berry, 1918". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ^ ISBN 92-5-105383-9.
- ^ a b c "Hedley's cuttlefish – Sepia hedleyi Berry 1918". Australian Museum. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ^ "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. H". Hans.G.Hansson. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ Michael J. Sweeney. "Recent Cephalopod Primary Type Specimens: A Searching Tool" (PDF). Wordpress. Retrieved 16 February 2018.