Sepia adami | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Sepiida |
Family: | Sepiidae |
Genus: | Sepia |
Subgenus: | Doratosepion |
Species: | S. adami
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Binomial name | |
Sepia adami Roeleveld, 1972[2]
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Sepia adami is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Indian Ocean. It is known only from the type locality, S 79ºE off Cape Natal. It lives at a depth of up to 99 m.[3]
Females are known to reach a mantle length of at least 59 mm.[3]
The type specimen is deposited at the South African Museum.[4]