Sepia foliopeza

Sepia foliopeza is a species of cuttlefish native to the western Pacific Ocean, specifically the East China Sea and Taiwan. The depth range of S. foliopeza is unknown.[3]

Sepia foliopeza

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiidae
Genus: Sepia
Subgenus:
Doratosepion
Species:
S. foliopeza
Binomial name
Sepia foliopeza
Okutani & Tagawa, in Okutani, Tagawa & Horikawa, 1987[2]

S. foliopeza grows to a mantle length of 110 mm.[3]

The type specimen was collected in the East China Sea. It is deposited at the National Science Museum of Japan in Tokyo.[4]

References

  1. Barratt, I. & Allcock, L. (2012). "Sepia foliopeza". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162591A923737. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162591A923737.en. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  2. Julian Finn (2016). "Sepia foliopeza Okutani & Tagawa [in Okutani, Tagawa & Horikawa], 1987". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  3. 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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