Overview
Distribution
FAO fishing area 47, FAO fishing area 51, Tongaat, West Indian Ocean
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UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1318
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Jereb, P.; Roper, C.F.E. (Eds)(2005). An annotated an illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 1: Chambered nautilusses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes 4(1). FAO, Rome. 262p., 9 colour plates.
http://www.marinespecies.org/mollusca/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=124589
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World Register of Marine Species
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Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 4 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 3 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 238.5 - 266
Temperature range (°C): 14.901 - 14.901
Nitrate (umol/L): 9.202 - 9.202
Salinity (PPS): 35.352 - 35.352
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.323 - 4.323
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.693 - 0.693
Silicate (umol/l): 9.953 - 9.953
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 238.5 - 266
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 3 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 238.5 - 266
Temperature range (°C): 14.901 - 14.901
Nitrate (umol/L): 9.202 - 9.202
Salinity (PPS): 35.352 - 35.352
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.323 - 4.323
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.693 - 0.693
Silicate (umol/l): 9.953 - 9.953
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 238.5 - 266
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Wikipedia
Sepia acuminata
Sepia acuminata is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Indian Ocean, from Port Elizabeth, South Africa to Somalia (01º30'N–30ºS), and Madagascar. It lives at a depth of between 44 and 369 m.[1]
Females are slightly larger than males, growing to 120 mm and 100 mm in mantle length, respectively.[1]
The type specimen was collected near Tongaat Beach, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.[1]
References
- ^ a b c 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.
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