Sepia bartletti

Sepia bartletti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiidae
Genus: Sepia
Species:
S. bartletti
Binomial name
Sepia bartletti
(Iredale, 1954)[2]
Synonyms
  • Blandosepia bartletti Iredale, 1954

Sepia bartletti is a species of cuttlefish native to the western Pacific Ocean. It is known only from the type locality. Depth range is unknown.[3] Some authorities regard S. bartletti as a nomen dubium.[2]

S. bartletti is known from only the holotype and six other specimens (all cuttlebones) described by Tom Iredale in 1954. It is possibly a junior synonym of Sepia bandensis.[3] The placement of S. bartletti in the genus Sepia is also questionable.[4]

S. bartletti grows to a mantle length of 74 mm.[3]

The type specimen was collected in the Misima and Conflict Group of the Louisiade Archipelago, to the southeast of Papua New Guinea. It is deposited at the Australian Museum in Sydney.[4]

References

  1. ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Sepia bartletti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162542A912464. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162542A912464.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Julian Finn (2016). "Sepia bartletti (Iredale, 1954)". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda


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