Sepia chirotrema
Species of cuttlefish
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Sepia chirotrema is a species of cuttlefish native to the southern Indo-Pacific, specifically from Investigator Strait, southern Australia (35°25′S 137°22′E) to Dirk Hartog Island, western Australia (25°45′S 113°03′E). It lives at a depth of between 120 and 210 m.[4]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiidae |
| Genus: | Sepia |
| Subgenus: | Sepia |
| Species: | S. chirotrema |
| Binomial name | |
| Sepia chirotrema | |
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Sepia chirotrema grows to a mantle length of approximately 200 mm.[4]
The type specimen was collected in the Investigator Strait area (35°25′S 137°22′E), south of Kangaroo Island (35°50′S 137°15′E). It was deposited at the Australian Museum in Sydney but no longer exists.[5]
