Order Sepiida Genus Sepia Scientific name Sepia burnupi Rank Species | Subgenus Doratosepion Higher classification Sepia | |
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Sepia burnupi is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Indian Ocean, specifically southeast Africa, from Port Elizabeth to southern Mozambique and the Saya-de-Malha Bank. It lives at a depth of between 40 and 240 m.
S. burnupi grows to a mantle length of 90 mm.
The type specimen was collected near Umkomaas, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is deposited at The Natural History Museum in London.
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