Sepia peterseni
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiidae |
| Genus: | Sepia |
| Subgenus: | Doratosepion |
| Species: | S. peterseni
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Sepia peterseni is a species of cuttlefish native to the western Pacific Ocean. Its natural range stretches south of central Honshū to southern Kyūshū, and it is also present in South Korea. It lives on the inner shelf at depths of between 20 and 100 m.[3]
Sepia peterseni grows to a mantle length of 120 mm.[3] It has an elongated mantle, with a cuttlebone to match.
The type specimen was collected off Japan and is deposited at the Zoologiska Museet in Sweden.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Sepia peterseni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162588A923314. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162588A923314.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Finn, Julian (2016). "Sepia peterseni Appellöf, 1886". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ a b Reid, A., P. Jereb, & C.F.E. Roper 2005. Family Sepiidae. In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 1. Rome, FAO. pp. 57–152.
- ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
External links
[edit]- "CephBase: Sepia peterseni". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.
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