Sepia elongata

Species of cuttlefish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sepia elongata is a species of cuttlefish native to the northwestern Indian Ocean, specifically from the Red Sea to Somalia. The depth range of S. elongata is unknown.[3]

Phylum:Mollusca
Order:Sepiida
Family:Sepiidae
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Sepia elongata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiidae
Genus: Sepia
Subgenus: Doratosepion
Species:
S. elongata
Binomial name
Sepia elongata
d'Orbigny, in Férussac & d'Orbigny, 1839–1842 [2]
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Sepia elongata grows to a mantle length of 97 mm.[3]

The type specimen was collected near Cossier in the Red Sea. It is deposited at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.[4]

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