Hemisepius typicus

Hemisepius typicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiidae
Genus: Hemisepius
Species:
H. typicus
Binomial name
Hemisepius typicus
Synonyms
  • Sepia typica (Steenstrup, 1875)

Hemisepius typicus is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Indian Ocean and southeastern Atlantic Ocean. Its natural range stretches from Saldanha Bay, South Africa (33°00′S 17°56′E / 33.000°S 17.933°E / -33.000; 17.933) to southern Mozambique. It lives at depths of 2 to 290 m.[4]

H. typicus is a very small species, growing to only 26 mm (1.0 in) in mantle length.[4]

The type specimen was collected in Table Bay, South Africa (33°50′S 18°27′E / 33.833°S 18.450°E / -33.833; 18.450). It is deposited at the Kobenhavns Universitet Zoologisk Museum in Copenhagen.[5]

References

  1. ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2012). "Sepia typica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012 e.T162647A936237. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162647A936237.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Hemisepius typicus Steenstrup, 1875". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  3. ^ "Hemisepius Steenstrup, 1875". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  4. ^ a b 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.
  5. ^ "Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-01-01. Retrieved 2007-02-12.


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