Species Sepia cottoni Adam, 1979
Compiler and date details
2012 - Updated by Julian Finn, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Sepia cottoni Adam, W. 1979. The Sepiidae (Cephalopoda, Decapoda) in the collections of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 7: 113-212 pls 1-13 [196].
Type data:
Holotype WAM 435-65 ♂, (W of Lancelin), WA [31°54'S 114°55'E].
Paratype(s) WAM 494-76 5♀, SW of Pt Cloates, 134 m [23°39'S 113°11'E]; WAM 483-76 1 specimen, Dirk Hartog Is. [25°54'S 112°38'E]; WAM 424-65 ♂ 2♀, NW of Bluff Pt, 130 m [27°40'S 113°20'E]; WAM 432-65 ♀, SW of Bluff Pt, 110 m [28°14'S 113°28'E]; WAM 484-76 ♀, Rottnest Is., Armstrong Pt [32°S 115°30'E].
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Western Australia, north west of Broome, 17º31.5'S, 121º27'E, to Rottnest Island, Armstrong Point, 32ºS, 115º30'E. Depth range 83–183 m.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30)
Distribution References
- Reid, A., Jereb, P. & Roper, C.F.E. 2005. Family Sepiidae. pp. 57-152 in Jereb, P. & Roper, C.F.E. (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 Rome : FAO Vol. 1 pp. 1-262. [140]
Ecological Descriptors
Unknown.
General References
Adam, W. 1979. The Sepiidae (Cephalopoda, Decapoda) in the collections of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 7: 113-212 pls 1-13 [193] (distribution)
Lu, C.C. & Phillips, J.U. 1985. An annotated checklist of Cephalopoda from Australian waters. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Victoria 2: 21-36 [24] (Australian distribution)
Reid, A.L. 2000. Australian cuttlefishes (Cephalopoda : Sepiidae): the 'doratosepion' species complex. Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 1-76 [21] (re-description, new records)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2013 | SEPIIDA | 01-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr Julian Finn (NMV) |
| 16-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED |