- Source: Sepia smithi
Sepia smithi, also known as Smith's cuttlefish, is a widely distributed species of cuttlefish in the family Sepiidae. The species has been observed off the coast of Northern Australia.
Description
The species is usually a varying shade of brown in color, and can have white "dots" on their exterior. The species has 3 pairs of arms, and both sexes have eye-spots. Sepia smithi was first described by William Evans Hoyle in 1885.
Taxonomy
A 2023 phylogenetic analysis found Sepia smithi to be sister to Sepia elliptica. Both were found to belong to a larger clade of Indo-Pacific species, assigned by the authors to the reinstated genus Acanthosepion, previously synonymized with Sepia.
References
Further reading
van Elden, Sean; Meeuwig, Jessica J. (December 2020). "Wild observation of putative dynamic decapod mimicry by a cuttlefish (Sepia cf. smithi)". Marine Biodiversity. 50 (6). doi:10.1007/s12526-020-01117-0. ISSN 1867-1616.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar spesies Asilidae
- Sepia smithi
- Sepia (cephalopod)
- Sepiidae
- William Evans Hoyle
- List of least concern molluscs
- List of Lessepsian migrant species
- List of near threatened invertebrates
- List of near threatened molluscs
- Mordellistena
