Sepia chirotrema explained

Sepia chirotrema is a species of cuttlefish native to the southern Indo-Pacific, specifically from Investigator Strait, southern Australia (-35.4167°N 159°W) toDirk Hartog Island, western Australia (-25.75°N 116°W). It lives at a depth of between 120 and 210 m.^[1]

Sepia chirotrema grows to a mantle length of approximately 200 mm.

The type specimen was collected in the Investigator Strait area (-35.4167°N 159°W), south of Kangaroo Island (-35.8333°N 152°W). It was deposited at the Australian Museum in Sydney but no longer exists.^[2]

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. http://www.mnh.si.edu/cephs/newclass.pdf Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda