Sepia acuminata: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Cephalopoda
Order
Sepiida
Family
Sepiidae
Genus
Sepia
Species
Sepia acuminata
Scientific Name
Sepia acuminata

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Sepia acuminata

Sepia acuminata is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Indian Ocean, from Port Elizabeth, South Africa to Somalia (01º30'N–30ºS), and Madagascar. It lives at a depth of between 44 and 369 m.

Females are slightly larger than males, growing to 120 mm and 100 mm in mantle length, respectively.

The type specimen was collected near Tongaat Beach, Port Elizabeth, South Africa and is held in the Natural History Museum, London.

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