Lusepia hieronis

Lusepia hieronis is a species of cuttlefish native to the southeastern Atlantic Ocean and southwestern Indian Ocean, specifically southern Namibia, from approximately 27°S to Port Alfred, South Africa, and east Africa from 17°S to Kenya and Mozambique. It is also present in the Saya-de-Malha Bank. It lives at depths of between 43 and 500 m (141 and 1,640 ft), although it is most abundant at 110 to 250 m (360 to 820 ft) depth.^[5]

Lusepia hieronis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Sepiida
Family:	Sepiidae
Genus:	Lusepia A. Reid, 2023[2]
Species:	L. hieronis
Binomial name
Lusepia hieronis (Robson, 1924))[3]
Synonyms[4]
Rhombosepion hieronis Robson, 1924 Sepia hieronis (Robson, 1924)

Lusepia hieronis grows to a mantle length of 70 mm (2.8 in).^[5]

The type specimen was collected off Cape Town, South Africa (32°32' to 33°03'S, 17°29' to 17°42'E). It is deposited at The Natural History Museum in London.^[6]