Sepia pulchra | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Sepiida |
Family: | Sepiidae |
Genus: | Sepia |
Subgenus: | Hemisepius |
Species: | S. pulchra
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Binomial name | |
Sepia pulchra Roeleveld & Liltved, 1985[2]
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Sepia pulchra is a species of cuttlefish native to the southeastern Atlantic Ocean, specifically off the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. It lives at depths of between 15 and 50 m.[3][4]
The type specimen was collected off Llandudno, Cape Peninsula. It is deposited at the South African Museum in Cape Town.[5]
Sepia pulchra grows to a mantle length of 22 mm.[4] It has a warty mantle and is reddish-brown in colour with a large purple patch on the back. It has fins of variable width, which are usually fairly wide, beginning relatively far back on the body. There are three-pronged cirri over each eye.
This cuttlefish is usually found on vertical surface, with its head facing downwards. It is seldom spotted because of its excellent camouflage.