Sepia insignis
| Sepia insignis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiidae |
| Genus: | Sepia |
| Subgenus: | Sepia
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| Species: | S. insignis
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| Binomial name | |
| Sepia insignis | |
Sepia insignis is a species of
Natal
. It lives at depths to
42 m.[3]
Sepia insignis grows to a mantle length of 60 mm.[3]
The
type specimens, consisting solely of cuttlebones, were collected on Tongaat Beach, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (29°35′S 31°07′E / 29.583°S 31.117°E). They are deposited at The Natural History Museum in London.[4]
References
- . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Julian Finn (2016). "Sepia insignis Smith, 1916". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
External links
- "CephBase: Sepia insignis". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.
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