Sepia plathyconchalis explained
Sepia plathyconchalis is a species of cuttlefish native to the western Indian Ocean, specifically the Saya-de-Malha Bank, Cargados-Carajos Shoals, and St Brandon Shoals. It lives in shallow waters at depths of between 25 and 63 m.[1]
Sepia plathyconchalis grows to a mantle length of 8 to 63 mm.
The type specimen was collected in the Saya-de-Malha Bank, Indian Ocean (-9.7°N 69°W). It is deposited at the Zoological Museum in Moscow.[2]
Notes and References
- 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.
- http://www.mnh.si.edu/cephs/newclass.pdf Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda