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Sepia rhoda

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Sepiida

Genus
  
Sepia

Scientific name
  
Sepia rhoda

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Sepiidae

Subgenus
  
Doratosepion

Higher classification
  
Sepia

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Sepia rhoda is a species of cuttlefish native to the Indo-Pacific, specifically from the Arafura Sea (10°24′S 130°23′E) to the North West Shelf (20°47′S 114°48′E), both off Australia. It lives at depths of between 64 and 184 m.

Females grow to 58 mm in mantle length (ML). Males are slightly larger, reaching 61 mm ML.

The type specimen was collected off Point Cloates in Western Australia (22°43′S 113°40′E). It is deposited at the Australian Museum in Sydney.

References

Sepia rhoda Wikipedia