Sepia rhoda
Species of cuttlefish
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Sepia rhoda is a species of cuttlefish native to the Indo-Pacific, specifically from the Arafura Sea (10°24′S 130°23′E) to the North West Shelf (20°47′S 114°48′E), both off Australia. It lives at depths of between 64 and 184 m.[3]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiidae |
| Genus: | Sepia |
| Subgenus: | Doratosepion |
| Species: | S. rhoda |
| Binomial name | |
| Sepia rhoda | |
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Females grow to 58 mm in mantle length (ML). Males are slightly larger, reaching 61 mm ML.[3]
The type specimen was collected off Point Cloates in Western Australia (22°43′S 113°40′E). It is deposited at the Australian Museum in Sydney.[4]
