''Sepia reesi'' 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
Indian Ocean.
Cuttlebone of this species known only from the
type locality
Type locality may refer to:
* Type locality (biology)
* Type locality (geology)
See also
* Local (disambiguation)
* Locality (disambiguation)
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[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 reesi'' grows to a
mantle
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Mantle may refer to:
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length of 45 mm.
''Sepia reesi'' was only known from the
type specimen was collected in Salmon Bay,
Rottnest Island,
Western Australia but a complete specimen was collected west of Rottnest Island (32º00’S 115º15’E) at a depth of 146-150m.
Both the type specimen and the more recent specimen are deposited at the
Western Australian Museum in
Perth.
Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
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The specific epithet
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''reesi'' honours British researcher William James Rees
William James Rees (1913–1967) was a British hydroid and cephalopod researcher at the Natural History Museum in London
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Cuttlefish
Molluscs described in 1979
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