''Sepia baxteri'' is a species of
cuttlefish native to the southwestern
Pacific Ocean
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, specifically the waters around
Lord Howe Island
Lord Howe Island (; formerly Lord Howe's Island) is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies directly east of mainland P ...
. It is known only from the
type
cuttlebone
Cuttlebone, also known as cuttlefish bone, is a hard, brittle internal structure (an internal shell) found in all members of the family Sepiidae, commonly known as cuttlefish, within the cephalopods. In other cephalopod families it is calle ...
s. Depth range is unknown.
[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.]
Cuttlebones of this species are known to reach at least 74 mm.
''S. baxteri'' is possibly a
junior synonym of ''
Sepia bandensis''.
The placement of this species in the genus ''
Sepia
Sepia may refer to:
Biology
* ''Sepia'' (genus), a genus of cuttlefish
Color
* Sepia (color), a reddish-brown color
* Sepia tone, a photography technique
Music
* ''Sepia'', a 2001 album by Coco Mbassi
* ''Sepia'' (album) by Yu Takahashi
* " ...
'' is also questionable.
[Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda]
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The type specimen
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was collected near Lord Howe Island (). It is deposited at the Australian Museum
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in Sydney.
References
External links
Cuttlefish
Molluscs described in 1940
Taxa named by Tom Iredale
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