Sepia erostrata

Sepia erostrata is a species of cuttlefish native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean, specifically off western mainland Japan, from Sagami Bay to the Kii Peninsula. It inhabits subtidal, inshore habitats.^[3] It is the commonest species of cuttlefish occurring in rocky shorelines around Japanese coasts.^[1]

Sepia erostrata
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Sepiida
Family:	Sepiidae
Genus:	Sepia
Subgenus:	Doratosepion
Species:	S. erostrata
Binomial name
Sepia erostrata Sasaki, 1929 [2]

Sepia erostrata grows to a mantle length of 90 mm.^[3]

The type specimen was collected off Manazuru, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is deposited at the University Museum of the University of Tokyo.^[4]