Sepia saya
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Sepia saya is a species of cuttlefish
known only from its type locality in the southwestern Indian Ocean
. It lives at depths of 87 to 117 m.
S. saya grows to a mantle
length of 90 mm.
The type specimen was collected near the Saya-de-Malha Bank in the Indian Ocean
(10°30′S 61°10′E to 10°32′S 61°11′E). It is deposited at the Zoological Museum in Moscow
.
Cuttlefish
Cuttlefish are marine animals of the order Sepiida. They belong to the class Cephalopoda . Despite their name, cuttlefish are not fish but molluscs....
known only from its type locality in 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 lives at depths of 87 to 117 m.
S. saya grows to 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 90 mm.
The type specimen was collected near the Saya-de-Malha Bank in the 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...
(10°30′S 61°10′E to 10°32′S 61°11′E). It is deposited at the Zoological Museum in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
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