Sepia rhoda | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Sepiida |
Family: | Sepiidae |
Genus: | Sepia |
Subgenus: | Doratosepion |
Species: | S. rhoda
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Binomial name | |
Sepia rhoda | |
Synonyms | |
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Sepia rhoda is a species of cuttlefish native to the Indo-Pacific, specifically from the Arafura Sea ( 10°24′S 130°23′E / 10.400°S 130.383°E) to the North West Shelf ( 20°47′S 114°48′E / 20.783°S 114.800°E), both off Australia. It lives at depths of between 64 and 184 m. [3]
Females grow to 58 mm in mantle length (ML). Males are slightly larger, reaching 61 mm ML. [3]
The type specimen was collected off Point Cloates in Western Australia ( 22°43′S 113°40′E / 22.717°S 113.667°E). It is deposited at the Australian Museum in Sydney. [4]
Sepia rhoda | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Sepiida |
Family: | Sepiidae |
Genus: | Sepia |
Subgenus: | Doratosepion |
Species: | S. rhoda
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Binomial name | |
Sepia rhoda | |
Synonyms | |
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Sepia rhoda is a species of cuttlefish native to the Indo-Pacific, specifically from the Arafura Sea ( 10°24′S 130°23′E / 10.400°S 130.383°E) to the North West Shelf ( 20°47′S 114°48′E / 20.783°S 114.800°E), both off Australia. It lives at depths of between 64 and 184 m. [3]
Females grow to 58 mm in mantle length (ML). Males are slightly larger, reaching 61 mm ML. [3]
The type specimen was collected off Point Cloates in Western Australia ( 22°43′S 113°40′E / 22.717°S 113.667°E). It is deposited at the Australian Museum in Sydney. [4]