Sepia mira is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean, specifically from the mouth of Clarence River, New South Wales (29°19′S 153°29′E / 29.317°S 153.483°E / -29.317; 153.483) to off Wooli (29°49′S 153°27′E / 29.817°S 153.450°E / -29.817; 153.450) in Australia. It lives at depths of between 20 and 72 m.[3]

Sepia mira
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiidae
Genus: Sepia
Species:
S. mira
Binomial name
Sepia mira
(Cotton, 1932)[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Tenuisepia mira
    Cotton, 1932

S. mira grows to a mantle length of 55 mm.[3]

The type specimen was collected in Capricorn Group, North-West Islet, Queensland (23°18′S 151°42′E / 23.300°S 151.700°E / -23.300; 151.700). It is deposited at the South Australian Museum in Adelaide.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Sepia mira". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162544A912737. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162544A912737.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Julian Finn (2016). "Sepia mira (Cotton, 1932)". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
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