Sepia appelloefi is a species of cuttlefish native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean, specifically the Tsushima Strait and waters between Kyūshū and southern Honshū, Japan. It lives at a depth of up to 350 m.[3]
| Sepia appelloefi | |
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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: | Doratosepion |
| Species: | S. appelloefi
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| Binomial name | |
| Sepia appelloefi | |
Sepia appelloefi grows to a mantle length of 90 mm.[3]
The type specimen was collected near Misaki, Japan and is deposited at the Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen.[4]
References
edit- ^ Barratt, I. & Allcock, L. (2012). "Sepia appellofi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162653A937367. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162653A937367.en. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ Philippe Bouchet (2018). "Sepia appelloefi Wülker, 1910". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 14 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
edit- "CephBase: Sepia appelloefi". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.
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