species: Sepia novaehollandiae in Lizard Island area: dubious records (Lizard Island Field Guide)
Lizard Island area: dubious records > Cephalopoda > Sepia novaehollandiae
Sepia novaehollandiae

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiida
Family Sepiidae
Genus Sepia
Species Sepia novaehollandiae

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Synonyms

Comments

The record of Sepia novaehollandiae at Lizard Island by Roper and Hochberg (1986, 1987) may be based on a misidentification because the species has a southern and western Australia distribution (Reid, 2016)

by Anne Hoggett

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Reid, A. (2016). Cephalopods of Australia and Sub-Antarctic Territories CSIRO, Clayton, Vic., Australia.

Other references

  • Roper, C.F.E. and F.G. Hochberg (1986). Color and body patterns in cephalopods from Lizard Island, Australia,Unpublished manuscript. LIRS catalog number 204.
  • Roper, C.F.E. and F.G. Hochberg (1987). Cephalopods of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Occasional Papers from the Museum of Victoria, 3: 15-20. LIRS catalog number 238.