| Sepiella ornata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiidae |
| Genus: | Sepiella |
| Species: | S. ornata |
| Binomial name | |
| Sepiella ornata (Rang, 1837) | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Sepiella ornata, or the ornate cuttlefish, is a species of cuttlefish [3] first described by Sander Rang in 1837 based on a specimen caught in the Gulf of Guinea. [4]
Sepiella ornata has a mantle length of up to 100 millimeters, [4] and a total body length of up to 100 centimeters. [5] It has 10 to 14 suckers on each club (10 to 12 on males and 12 to 14 on females), [3] and a series of spots along dorsal fins, described as either reddish [4] or wine-colored. [3]
Sepiella ornata is found in the east Atlantic ocean along the west coast of Africa, from Cape Blanco in Mauritania to Cape Frio in Namibia, [4] including in Ghana,[ citation needed ] Namibia (though rarely), [6] [7] Mauritania, Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, and Guinea. [8] It is demersal, [9] with a depth range of 20 to 150 meters, though usually found below 30 meters, [3] and it is most abundant below 50 meters. [4] The species is found between 13 and 16 kilometers offshore. [3] According to Guerra, Gonzalez, Roeleveld, and Jereb it is mostly found on muddy or sandy mud bottoms. [3]
Sepiella ornata has large eggs. [10]
According to Rocha and Cheikh, Sepiella ornata is of potential interest to fisheries. [9] As of 2014, it was mostly caught as bycatch in bottom trawls. [3]
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Sepia angulata is a species of cuttlefish native to the southeastern Atlantic Ocean, from Bloubergstrand to Still Bay. It is known only from cuttlebones. The validity of S. angulata has been questioned.
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Sepia faurei is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Indian Ocean, specifically to the east of the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. It lives at depths to 168 m.
Sepia hieronis is a species of cuttlefish native to the southeastern Atlantic Ocean and southwestern Indian Ocean, specifically southern Namibia, from approximately 27°S to Port Alfred, South Africa, and east Africa from 17°S to Kenya and Mozambique. It is also present in the Saya-de-Malha Bank. It lives at depths of between 43 and 500 m, although it is most abundant at 110 to 250 m depth.
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Sepia pulchra is a species of cuttlefish native to the southeastern Atlantic Ocean, specifically off the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. It lives at depths of between 15 and 50 m.
Sepia tuberculata is a species of cuttlefish native to South African waters from Melkbosstrand to Knysna. It belongs to the genus Sepia. It lives in very shallow water to a depth of 3 m. It is endemic.
Sepia typica is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Indian Ocean and southeastern Atlantic Ocean. Its natural range stretches from Saldanha Bay, South Africa to southern Mozambique. It lives at depths of 2 to 290 m.
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Inioteuthis is a genus of bobtail squid comprising three species.
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