Sepia mirabilis Khromov 1988

Sepia mirabilis Khromov, 1988

DIAGNOSIS.—Arms III of male twice as long as other arms, with transformed protective membranes of thin fleshy ribs separated by membranous parts. Other arms with only slightly transformed protective membranes of same general form. Female smaller than male, with normal arms. Tentacular club with suckers differing in size. Sepion long, with very narrow striated zone. Anterior striae low L-shaped. Inner cone narrowly U-shaped. Outer cone forming lateral wings. Spine prominent.

ORIGINAL REFERENCE.—Khromov, 1988a:785, figs. la, 2a–k.

TYPE LOCALITY.—Arabian Sea, Sokotra Island, 12°22′N, 54°28′E, depth 50 m.

TYPES.—Holotype: Zoological Museum, Moscow University, N 300, male, 70 mm ML.

Paratypes: Zoological Museum, Moscow University, N 301: 11 males, 42–65 mm ML; 6 females, 44–52 mm ML; 1 juvenile, 36 mm ML.

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.—From western Indian Ocean near Sokotra Island probably to East Africa.

Sepia mirabilis is a species of cuttlefish native to the western Indian Ocean. Specifically, it is present off Sokotra Island, and its natural range probably stretches to the east coast of Africa. It lives at depths to 50 m.

Sepia mirabilis grows to a mantle length of 70 mm.

The type specimen was collected in the Arabian Sea (). It is deposited at the Zoological Museum in Moscow.

Depth to 50 m.