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| Sepia dollfusi | |
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| Cuttlebones of Sepia dollfusi in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiidae |
| Genus: | Sepia |
| Subgenus: | Sepia |
| Species: | S. dollfusi
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| Binomial name | |
| Sepia dollfusi | |
Sepia dollfusi is a species of cuttlefish native to the Red Sea and southern part of the Suez Canal. The depth range of S. dollfusi is unknown.[3] It has been recorded once in the Egyptian sector of the Mediterranean Sea, so it is potentially a Lessepsian migrant into the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.[4]
Sepia dollfusi grows to a mantle length of 110 mm.[3]
The type specimen was collected near Périm Island in the southern Red Sea. It is deposited at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.[5] It is an important commercial species in the Suez Canal.[4]