Sepia sewelli explained

Sepia sewelli is a species of cuttlefish native to the western Indian Ocean, from Cape Guardafui, Somalia (11.95°N 85°W to -5.6667°N 56°W) to Zanzibar and probably Madagascar. It lives at depths of 37 to 238 m.[1]

Sepia sewelli grows to a mantle length of 30 mm.

The type specimen was collected near Cape Guardafui (11.9533°N 50.5833°W to 11.945°N 50.6533°W) and is deposited at The Natural History Museum in London.[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