Sepia chirotrema is a species of cuttlefish native to the southern Indo-Pacific, specifically from Investigator Strait, southern Australia (35°25′S 137°22′E / 35.417°S 137.367°E) to Dirk Hartog Island, western Australia (25°45′S 113°03′E / 25.750°S 113.050°E). It lives at a depth of between 120 and 210 m.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiidae |
| Genus: | Sepia |
| Subgenus: | Sepia |
| Species: | S. chirotrema
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| Sepia chirotrema | |
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Sepia chirotrema grows to a mantle length of approximately 200 mm.[4]
The type specimen was collected in the Investigator Strait area (35°25′S 137°22′E / 35.417°S 137.367°E), south of Kangaroo Island (35°50′S 137°15′E / 35.833°S 137.250°E). It was deposited at the Australian Museum in Sydney but no longer exists.[5]
References edit
- ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Sepia chirotrema". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162582A921890. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162582A921890.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Julian Finn (2016). "Sepia chirotrema Berry, 1918". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Sepia chirotrema". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
External links edit
- "CephBase: Sepia chirotrema". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.
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