Sepia chirotrema

Sepia chirotrema is a species of cuttlefish native to the southern Indo-Pacific, specifically from Investigator Strait, southern Australia (35°25′S 137°22′E) to Dirk Hartog Island, western Australia (25°45′S 113°03′E). It lives at a depth of between 120 and 210 m.[4]

Sepia chirotrema
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Sepiida
Family:	Sepiidae
Genus:	Sepia
Subgenus:	Sepia
Species:	S. chirotrema
Binomial name
Sepia chirotrema Berry, 1918[2]
Synonyms[3]
Solitosepia glauerti Cotton, 1929 Solitosepia hendryae Cotton, 1929

S. chirotrema grows to a mantle length of approximately 200 mm.[4]

The type specimen was collected in the Investigator Strait area (35°25′S 137°22′E), south of Kangaroo Island (35°50′S 137°15′E). It was deposited at the Australian Museum in Sydney but no longer exists.[5]

References

1. Barratt, I. & Allcock, L. (2012). "Sepia chirotrema". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162582A921890. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162582A921890.en. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
2. Julian Finn (2016). "Sepia chirotrema Berry, 1918". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
3. "Sepia chirotrema". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
4. 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.
5. Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda

External links

• "CephBase: Sepia chirotrema". Archived from the original on 2005.