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Species of cuttlefish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sepia mascarensis is a species of cuttlefish native to the western Indian Ocean, specifically Saya-de-Malha Bank (11°31′S 61°00′E), Mascarene Ridge, and Cargados-Carajos Shoals. It lives at depths of between 87 and 325 m.[3]
Sepia mascarensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Sepiida |
Family: | Sepiidae |
Genus: | Sepia |
Subgenus: | Doratosepion |
Species: | S. mascarensis |
Binomial name | |
Sepia mascarensis Filippova & Khromov, 1991[2] | |
Sepia mascarensis grows to a mantle length of 67 to 124 mm.[3]
The type specimen was collected in the Saya-de-Malha Bank, Indian Ocean. It is deposited at the Zoological Museum in Moscow.[4]
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