Sepia adami
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Sepia adami is a species of cuttlefish
native to the southwestern Indian Ocean
. It is known only from the type locality, S 79ºE off Cape Natal. It lives at a depth of up to 99 m.
Females are known to reach a mantle
length of at least 59 mm.
The type specimen is deposited at the South African Museum.
Cuttlefish
Cuttlefish are marine animals of the order Sepiida. They belong to the class Cephalopoda . Despite their name, cuttlefish are not fish but molluscs....
native to the southwestern Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
. It is known only from the type locality, S 79ºE off Cape Natal. It lives at a depth of up to 99 m.
Females are known to reach a mantle
Mantle (mollusc)
The mantle is a significant part of the anatomy of molluscs: it is the dorsal body wall which covers the visceral mass and usually protrudes in the form of flaps well beyond the visceral mass itself.In many, but by no means all, species of molluscs, the epidermis of the mantle secretes...
length of at least 59 mm.
The type specimen is deposited at the South African Museum.