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