Kingdom Animalia Order Sepiida Genus Sepia Scientific name Sepia sokotriensis Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Family Sepiidae Subgenus Doratosepion Higher classification Sepia | |
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Sepia sokotriensis is a species of cuttlefish native to the western Indian Ocean, specifically off Sokotra Island, and probably east Africa. It lives at depths to 100 m.
S. sokotriensis grows to a mantle length of 80 mm.
The type specimen was collected near Sokotra Island in the Arabian Sea (12°10′N 54°25′E). It is deposited at the Zoological Museum in Moscow.
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