dcsimg
Creatures » » Animal » » Molluscs » Cephalopods » » Cuttlefishes »

Guinean Cuttlefish

Sepia elobyana Adam 1941

Comprehensive Description

provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Sepia elobyana Adam, 1941

ILLUSTRATIONS.—Adam, 1952, fig. 11; Adam and Rees, 1966, pl. 25: figs. 162–164.

DIAGNOSIS.—Animals mature at small size (maximal ML 53 mm); mantle broad, dorsal surface with scattered tubercles and peculiar reticulate pattern of ridges. Fins broad. Tentacular club with small subequal suckers (but see “Discussion”) in about 8 longitudinal rows. Suckers on arms I of female biserial proximally and quadriserial distally. Spine represented by blunt knob.

ORIGINAL REFERENCE.—Adam, 1941c:121, fig. 12 .

TYPE LOCALITY.—West Africa, Gulf of Guinea, Eloby Island, 01°01′N, 09°29′E.

TYPES.—Holotype: Zoologisches Museum der Universitat Hamburg E.K.7453, mature male, 41 mm ML.

Paratypes: None.

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.—Eastern Atlantic along West African coast from Senegal to Gulf of Guinea (southern limits undetermined).
license
cc-by-nc-sa-3.0
bibliographic citation
Voss, N. A. and Sweeney, M. J. 1998. "Systematics and Biogeography of cephalopods. Volume I." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-276. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.586

Habitat

provided by World Register of Marine Species
shelf

Reference

van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

license
cc-by-4.0
copyright
WoRMS Editorial Board
contributor
Jacob van der Land [email]