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Sepia acuminata E. A. Smith, 1916 
AphiaID: 342107

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Coleoidea (Subclass) > Decapodiformes (Infraclass) > Sepiida (Order) > Sepiidae (Family) > Sepia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Sepia Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  basis of record: Jereb, P.; Roper, C.F.E. (Eds)(2005). An annotated an illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 1: Chambered nautilusses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes 4(1). FAO, Rome. 262p., 9 colour plates., available online at ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/a0150e/A0150e00.pdf [details]

additional source: Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 190 [details]


Environment marine
Distribution type locality: Tongaat [details]
FAO fishing area 47 [details]
FAO fishing area 51 [details]
West Indian Ocean [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
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Notes  Depth range: 44 to 369 m [details]

Length: Males up to 100 mm mantle length; females up to 120 mm mantle length. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342107
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-03-27 18:55:09Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2011-04-04 06:48:22Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
2012-07-14 14:44:06Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2013). Sepia acuminata E. A. Smith, 1916. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342107 on 2013-05-24
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