Sepia appelloefi

Sepia appelloefi is a species of cuttlefish native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean, specifically the Tsushima Strait and waters between Kyūshū and southern Honshū, Japan. It lives at a depth of up to 350 m.^[3]

Sepia appelloefi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Sepiida
Family:	Sepiidae
Genus:	Sepia
Subgenus:	Doratosepion
Species:	S. appelloefi
Binomial name
Sepia appelloefi Wülker, 1910[2]

Sepia appelloefi grows to a mantle length of 90 mm.^[3]

The type specimen was collected near Misaki, Japan and is deposited at the Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen.^[4]

References

1. Barratt, I. & Allcock, L. (2012). "Sepia appellofi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162653A937367. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162653A937367.en. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
2. Philippe Bouchet (2018). "Sepia appelloefi Wülker, 1910". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
3. 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.
4. Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda

External links

• "CephBase: Sepia appelloefi". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.