Sepia filibrachia

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Sepia filibrachia

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiidae
Genus: Sepia
Species:
S. filibrachia
Binomial name
Sepia filibrachia
Reid & , 2005[2]

Sepia filibrachia is a species of cuttlefish native to the South China Sea. Its natural range covers the waters off Taiwan,[a] Haikou on Hainan Island,[b] and Guryanova in the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. It lives at depths of 34 to 95 m.[3]

Females are on average slightly larger than males. They grow to 70 mm and 62 mm in mantle length, respectively.[3]

The type specimen was collected off Ling Yuan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (

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22°28′N 120°24′E / 22.467°N 120.400°E / 22.467; 120.400).[3]

S. filibrachia is of commercial interest to fisheries and is marketed in Taiwan.[3]

Notes[]

a.^ Including (
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23°44′N 119°35′E / 23.733°N 119.583°E / 23.733; 119.583), Peng-Hu, , and Taichung (
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24°17′N 120°30′E / 24.283°N 120.500°E / 24.283; 120.500).
b.^ Specific coordinates:
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20°40′N 107°56′E / 20.667°N 107.933°E / 20.667; 107.933,
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18°40′N 106°47′E / 18.667°N 106.783°E / 18.667; 106.783, and
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11°25′N 109°15′E / 11.417°N 109.250°E / 11.417; 109.250.

References[]

  1. ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Sepia filibrachia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T189736A1935172. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T189736A1935172.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Julian Finn (2016). "Sepia filibrachia Reid & Lu, 2005". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d 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.


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