Sepia thurstoni

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Cephalopoda
Subclassis: Coleoidea
Cohors: Neocoleoidea
Superordo: Decapodiformes
Ordo: Sepiida
Familia: Sepiidae
Genus: Sepia
Subgenus: Sepia (Acanthosepion)
Species: S. thurstoni

Sepia thurstoni is a species of cuttlefish native to the Indian Ocean, specifically the waters off Chennai in India and off Negombo and Hambantota in Sri Lanka. It lives at depths of 20 to 40 m.[1]

S. thurstoni grows to a mantle length of 110 mm.[1]

The type specimen was collected off Ramesvaram Island in the Bay of Bengal (09°18′N 79°19′E / 9.3°N 79.317°E / 9.3; 79.317) and is deposited at The Natural History Museum in London.[2] It is named after Edgar Thurston.

References

1. ^ a b Reid, A., P. Jereb, & C.F.E. Roper 2005. Family Sepiidae. In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 1. Rome, FAO. pp. 57–152.
2. ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda