MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Sepia ornata Rang, 1837) Rang [S.] 1837. Documents pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des Céphalopodes Cryptodibranches. <i>Magasin de Zoologie</i>, 7: 1-77, pl. 86-96, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37087602
page(s): 76 [details]
basis of record
Reid, A., Jereb, P. & Roper, C.F.E. (2005). Family Sepiidae. pp. 57-152, in P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper eds. <em>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date.</em> Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (<em>Nautilidae</em>, <em>Sepiidae</em>, <em>Sepiolidae</em>, <em>Sepiadariidae</em>, <em>Idiosepiidae</em> and <em>Spirulidae</em>). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(1): 262 pp. 9 pls.
page(s): 134 [details]
From other sources
Depth range 20 to 150 m, but most abundant in waters deeper than 50 m [details]
Habitat shelf [details]
Length Up to 100 mm mantle length. [details]