Sepia irvingi is a species of cuttlefish native to the southeastern Indian Ocean, specifically western Australia, from Cockburn Sound to North West Shelf (18°49′S 118°29′E / 18.817°S 118.483°E). It lives at a depth of between 130 and 170 m.[4]
| Sepia irvingi | |
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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. irvingi
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| Binomial name | |
| Sepia irvingi | |
Sepia irvingi grows to a mantle length of 100 mm.[4]
The type specimens were collected off Garden Island, Cockburn Sound (32°11′S 115°43′E / 32.183°S 115.717°E), Port Royal, King George Sound (35°03′S 117°58′E / 35.050°S 117.967°E), and Warnbro Sound (32°20′S 115°43′E / 32.333°S 115.717°E) in South Africa. They are deposited at the Western Australian Museum in Perth.[5]
References
edit- ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Sepia irvingi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162568A918508. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162568A918508.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Meyer, W. T. (1909). "Chapter 19". Cephalopoda. Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Vol. 2. pp. 329–335. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Julian Finn (2016). "Sepia irvingi Meyer, 1909". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 19 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 irvingi". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.
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