Sepia bathyalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Sepiida |
Family: | Sepiidae |
Genus: | Sepia |
Subgenus: | Doratosepion |
Species: | S. bathyalis
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Binomial name | |
Sepia bathyalis Nikitina & Nesis, 1991[2]
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Sepia bathyalis is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Indian Ocean, specifically northwestern and southwestern Madagascar. It lives at a depth of between 300 and 500 m.[3]
Sepia bathyalis grows to a mantle length of 80 mm.[3]
The type specimen was collected near Madagascar (22°19′S 43°06′E / 22.317°S 43.100°E to 22°23′S 43°06′E / 22.383°S 43.100°E). It is deposited at the Zoological Museum in Moscow.[4]