TWO NEW CUTTLEFISHES (CEPHLALIPIDA SEPIIDAE) FROM THE NORTH WEST SHELF, AND A REDESCRIPTION OF SEPIA SULCATA HOYLE, 1885

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Abstract - Two new cuttlefishes (Cephalopoda : Sepiidae), Sepia plana sp. nov. and Sepia senta sp. nov., are described, and a third species, Sepia sulcata Hoyle, 1885, is redescribed from the type and new Australian material. The three species are found in the Indian Ocean off northwestern Australia at depths between 505-150 m. Sepia plana is found in the deeper end of this range, between 505-396 m. Sepia senta and Sepia sulcata have been collected at 426-256 m, and 404-150 m respectively. Sepia sulcata Hoyle was known previously from a single male collected off the Ki Islands in the Arafura Sea.

Author(s) LU, CHUNG CHENG AND REID AMANDA : Part 3
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