Sepia tala explained

Sepia tala is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Indian Ocean, specifically southwestern Madagascar off Cape Tala. It is known only from the type locality. S. tala lives at depths of 325 to 332 m.^[1]

Sepia tala grows to a mantle length of 80 mm.

The type specimen was collected off Cape Tala (22°19'S to 22°23'S, 43°06'E) and is deposited at the Zoological Museum in Moscow.^[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