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''Sepia dubia'' is a species of
cuttlefish Cuttlefish or cuttles are marine molluscs of the order Sepiida. They belong to the class Cephalopoda which also includes squid, octopuses, and nautiluses. Cuttlefish have a unique internal shell, the cuttlebone, which is used for control of ...
native to the southeastern Atlantic Ocean. It is known only from the type locality, where it was caught at a depth of 25 m.Reid, A., P. Jereb, & C.F.E. Roper 2005. Family Sepiidae. ''In:'' P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. ''Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae)''. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 1. Rome, FAO. pp. 57–152. ''Sepia dubia'' is known to grow to a
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length of 17 mm. The type specimen was collected in False Bay, South Africa (). It is deposited at The Natural History Museum in London.Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
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