''Sepia rhoda'' is a species of

cuttlefish Cuttlefish, or cuttles, are Marine (ocean), marine Mollusca, molluscs of the order (biology), suborder Sepiina. They belong to the class (biology), class Cephalopoda which also includes squid, octopuses, and nautiluses. Cuttlefish have a unique ...

native to the

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, specifically from the

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() to the

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(), both off

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. It lives at depths of between 64 and 184 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. Females grow to 58 mm in mantle length (ML). Males are slightly larger, reaching 61 mm ML. The

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was collected off

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(). It is deposited at the

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.Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
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Sepia Cephalopods described in 1954 Taxa named by Tom Iredale {{cuttlefish-stub