| Metasepia | |
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| Metasepia pfefferi | |
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| Metasepia tullbergi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiidae |
| Genus: | Metasepia Hoyle, 1885 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Sepia (Metasepia) pfefferi Hoyle, 1885 | |
| Species | |
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This genus contains two known species:
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