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Sepia dollfusi

Sepia dollfusi

Sepia dollfusi is a species of cuttlefish in the Phylum Mollusca, under the Class Cephalopoda, and under the Order Sepiida. It was discovered in the early 1940s by William Adam. A known type specimen was collected near Périm Island in the southern Red Sea and is deposited at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.

Overview

Sepia dollfusi is a species of cuttlefish in the Phylum Mollusca, under the Class Cephalopoda, and under the Order Sepiida. It was discovered in the early 1940s by William Adam.
A known type specimen was collected near Périm Island in the southern Red Sea and is deposited at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. The only other known related specimen is a bone with “no locality”, obtained from Adam himself, mentioned in a catalogue for the Collections of the Royal Scottish museum in Edinburgh.

Habitat & distribution

Habitats

Marine

Video

Representative video of genus SepiaCredit: Kaeptn*haddock · CC BY 3.0Source ↗

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References

  1. GBIF Auto Sync GBIF
  2. WoRMS / Aphia World Register of Marine Species
  3. Wikipedia — Sepia dollfusi Wikipedia

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