Sepia sokotriensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Sepiida |
Family: | Sepiidae |
Genus: | Sepia |
Subgenus: | Doratosepion |
Species: | S. sokotriensis
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Binomial name | |
Sepia sokotriensis Khromov, 1988
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Sepia sokotriensis is a species of cuttlefish native to the western Indian Ocean, specifically off Sokotra Island, and probably east Africa. It lives at depths to 100 m. [3]
Sepia sokotriensis grows to a mantle length of 80 mm. [3]
The type specimen was collected near Sokotra Island in the Arabian Sea ( 12°10′N 54°25′E / 12.167°N 54.417°E). It is deposited at the Zoological Museum in Moscow. [4]