Sepia aureomaculata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Sepiida |
Family: | Sepiidae |
Genus: | Sepia |
Subgenus: | Doratosepion |
Species: | S. aureomaculata
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Binomial name | |
Sepia aureomaculata Okutani & Horikawa, in Okutani, Tagawa & Horikawa, 1987 [2]
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Sepia aureomaculata is a species of cuttlefish native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean, specifically the Kii Channel, Tosa Bay, Hyuga-Nada, and the East China Sea. It lives at a depth of between 190 and 350 m.[3]
Sepia aureomaculata grows to a mantle length of 160 mm.[3]
The type specimen was collected in Tosa Bay, Japan and is deposited at the National Science Museum of Japan in Tokyo.[4] Marine biota in Tosa Bay have been found to have relatively high concentrations of PCBs, DDT and a variety of organochlorine chemical pesticides, compared to similar biota in the Sulu Sea.[citation needed]