Sepia erostrata Sasaki 1929 articles

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Sepia erostrata Sasaki, 1929

ILLUSTRATIONS.—Okutani et al., 1987:44.

DIAGNOSIS.—Mantle about twice as long as wide; fins starting slightly behind anterior edge of mantle. Arm formula I>IV>II = III; arms I and IV of male much longer than other arms, keel very prominent. Tentacular club oval to crescent-shaped, with low aboral web and about 100 suckers in 7 to 8 longitudinal rows, a few enlarged suckers in central rows. Sepion lanceolate. Anterior margin of striated zone with indentations shallow to nearly semicircular. Inner cone narrow, outer cone cup-shaped, slanting, with very distinct wings. Spine obtuse.

ORIGINAL REFERENCE.—Sasaki, 1929:183, pl. 17: figs. 7–9.

TYPE LOCALITY.—Japan, Sagami Bay, Manazuru.

TYPES.—Holotype: National Science Museum, Tokyo, male, 45 mm ML.

Paratypes: None.

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.—Sagami Bay to Kii Peninsula, Japan; intertidal.

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bibliographic citation: Voss, N. A. and Sweeney, M. J. 1998. "Systematics and Biogeography of cephalopods. Volume I." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-276. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.586

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Sepia erostrata

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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

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Julian Finn (2016). "Sepia erostrata Sasaki, 1929". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda

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Sepia erostrata: Brief Summary

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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. It is the commonest species of cuttlefish occurring in rocky shorelines around Japanese coasts.

Sepia erostrata grows to a mantle length of 90 mm.

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

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