Sepia plathyconchalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Sepiida |
Family: | Sepiidae |
Genus: | Sepia |
Subgenus: | Sepia |
Species: | S. plathyconchalis
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Binomial name | |
Sepia plathyconchalis |
Sepia plathyconchalis is a species of cuttlefish native to the western Indian Ocean, specifically the Saya-de-Malha Bank, Cargados-Carajos Shoals, and St Brandon Shoals. It lives in shallow waters at depths of between 25 and 63 m. [3]
Sepia plathyconchalis grows to a mantle length of 8 to 63 mm. [3]
The type specimen was collected in the Saya-de-Malha Bank, Indian Ocean ( 09°42′S 61°08′E / 9.700°S 61.133°E). It is deposited at the Zoological Museum in Moscow. [4]