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Sepia vietnamica Khromov, 1987
Sepia nanshiensis Li and Chen, 1989:6, figs. 1–4.
DIAGNOSIS.—Arms of both sexes subequal. Arm suckers quadriserial. Tentacular club with slightly unequal suckers in 5 longitudinal rows. Sepion long, anteriorly rounded, posteriorly lanceolate. Anterior part of striated zone with median ventral furrow lying on keel. Anterior striae M-shaped. Inner cone surrounding but not overhanging posterior depression. Outer cone forming wings posteriorly. Spine present.
ORIGINAL REFERENCE.—Khromov, 1987a:35, fig. 1.
TYPE LOCALITY.—South China Sea, Gulf of Tonkin, 18°00′N, 107°08′E, depth 70 m.
TYPES.—Holotype: Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, No. 7–1962, male, 41 mm ML.
Paratypes: Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, 6 females, 32–50 mm, 9 males, 29–56 mm, from 12 stations in the Gulf of Tonkin, depths 0–104 m.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.—Gulf of Tonkin, central Vietnam; South China Sea, Nansha Islands, 13°N-18°N, 111°E–115°E (reported as S. nanshiensis, see “Discussion”).
- 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
Depth range
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23 to 104 m. Type specimens were collected between 33 and 70 m.
Jereb, P.; Roper, C.F.E. (Eds)(2005). An annotated an illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 1: Chambered nautilusses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes 4(1). FAO, Rome. 262p., 9 colour plates.
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