Sepia bathyalis
Species of cuttlefish
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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 | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiidae |
| Genus: | Sepia |
| Subgenus: | Doratosepion |
| Species: | S. bathyalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sepia bathyalis Nikitina & Nesis, 1991[2] | |
Sepia bathyalis grows to a mantle length of 80 mm.[3]
The type specimen was collected near Madagascar (22°19′S 43°06′E to 22°23′S 43°06′E). It is deposited at the Zoological Museum in Moscow.[4]
