| Sepiadarium kochi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiadariidae |
| Genus: | Sepiadarium |
| Species: | S. kochi |
| Binomial name | |
| Sepiadarium kochi Steenstrup, 1881 | |
Sepiadarium kochi, common name tropical bottletail squid or Koch's bottletail squid, is a species of cuttlefish. [2]
This species grows to a maximum mantle length of approximately 3 cm. [3]
Sepiadarium kochi is found in the Indo-West Pacific from India to Japan, and throughout the Indo-Malayan region. [3]
This species is a demersal animal, and has been found living at a depth of 60 m. [3]
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