Sepia subplana

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Phylum:Mollusca
Order:Sepiida
Family:Sepiidae
Sepia subplana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiidae
Genus: Sepia
Species:
S. subplana
Binomial name
Sepia subplana

Sepia subplana is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It is known only from the type locality. S. subplana lives at depths of 400 to 600 m.[3]

Size is known only from the type specimens. Females grow to a mantle length (ML) of at least 55 mm. Males grow to at least 60 mm ML.[3]

The type specimens were collected off Bayonnaise Bank in the southwestern Pacific Ocean (11°54′S 179°32′W / 11.900°S 179.533°W / -11.900; -179.533).[3]

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