Sepia ivanovi

Sepia ivanovi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiidae
Genus: Sepia
Subgenus: Doratosepion
Species:
S. ivanovi
Binomial name
Sepia ivanovi
Khromov, 1982[2]

Sepia ivanovi is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Indian Ocean, and throughout southeast Africa, including Kenya, and Mozambique, to the mouth of the Zambezi River. It lives at depths up to 50 m.[3]

Sepia ivanovi grows to a mantle length of 70 mm.[3]

The type specimen was collected near Mombasa, Kenya (04°03′S 40°00′E / 4.050°S 40.000°E / -4.050; 40.000). It is deposited at the Zoological Museum in Moscow.[4]

References

  1. ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Sepia ivanovi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012 e.T162590A923595. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162590A923595.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Finn, Julian (2016). "Sepia ivanovi Khromov, 1982". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ "Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-01-01. Retrieved 2007-01-14.


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