Sepia erostrata

Sepia erostrata
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Sepiida
Family:	Sepiidae
Genus:	Sepia
Subgenus:	Doratosepion
Species:	S. erostrata
Binomial name
Sepia erostrata Sasaki, 1929 [2]

Sepia erostrata is a species of cuttlefish native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean, specifically off western mainland Japan, from Sagami Bay to the Kii Peninsula. It inhabits subtidal, inshore habitats. ^[3] It is the commonest species of cuttlefish occurring in rocky shorelines around Japanese coasts. ^[1]

Sepia erostrata grows to a mantle length of 90 mm. ^[3]

The type specimen was collected off Manazuru, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is deposited at the University Museum of the University of Tokyo. ^[4]

References

1. Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Sepia erostrata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T162613A928439. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162613A928439.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Julian Finn (2016). "Sepia erostrata Sasaki, 1929". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
3. 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

External links

• "CephBase: Sepia erostrata". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.