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Sepia vercoi

Sepia vercoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiidae
Genus: Sepia
Subgenus: Doratosepion
Species: S. vercoi
Binomial name
Sepia vercoi
Adam, 1979

Sepia vercoi is a species of cuttlefish native to the southeastern Indian Ocean, specifically the waters off Western Australia (18°31′S 118°09′E / 18.517°S 118.150°E / -18.517; 118.150 to 25°31′S 112°29′E / 25.517°S 112.483°E / -25.517; 112.483). It lives at depths of 76 to 201 m.

Both sexes of S. vercoi grow to 46 mm in mantle length.

The type specimen was collected west of Shark Bay, Western Australia (25°31′S 112°29′E / 25.517°S 112.483°E / -25.517; 112.483). It is deposited at the Western Australian Museum in Perth.


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