Sepia erostrata: taxon details and analytics

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

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Sepia erostrata

Sepia erostrata is a species of cuttlefish native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean, specifically off western mainland Japan, from Sagami Bay to the Kii Peninsula. It inhabits subtidal, inshore habitats. It is the commonest species of cuttlefish occurring in rocky shorelines around Japanese coasts.

Sepia erostrata grows to a mantle length of 90 mm.

The type specimen was collected off Manazuru, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is deposited at the University Museum of the University of Tokyo.

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Sepia erostrata in languages:

English
Japanese Red Cuttlefish
English
Japanese Coastal Cuttlefish
English
Bouzukouika
Japanese
ボウズコウイカ

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