Comprehensive Description
provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Sepia recurvirostra Steenstrup, 1875
ILLUSTRATIONS.—Adam and Rees, 1966, pl. 9: figs. 49–52, pl. 10: figs. 53, 54; Voss and Williamson, 1972, figs. 4d, 7f, 12, pl. 12.
DIAGNOSIS.—Tentacular club with suckers of variable sizes in 5 to 6 longitudinal rows. Sepion subrhomboidal anteriorly, rounded posteriorly. Striated zone with thin median furrow. Anterior striae rounded. Inner cone connected posteriorly to outer cone by thick callous substance. Spine present.
ORIGINAL REFERENCE.—Steenstrup, 1875:479.
TYPE LOCALITY.—South China Sea.
TYPES.—Lectotype: Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, 1 sepion, 77.5 mm; designated by Adam (1965:170).
Paralectotype: Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, 1 sepion, 47.8 mm.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.—Indo-West Pacific from the Andaman Sea to Celebes Sea and from Java Sea to Yellow Sea, near Tsingtao.
- 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
