Sepia typica

Sepia typica is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Indian Ocean and southeastern Atlantic Ocean. Its natural range stretches from Saldanha Bay, South Africa (33°00′S 17°56′E) to southern Mozambique. It lives at depths of 2 to 290 m.^[3]

Sepia typica
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Sepiida
Family:	Sepiidae
Genus:	Sepia
Subgenus:	Hemisepius
Species:	S. typica
Binomial name
Sepia typica (Steenstrup, 1875)[2]
Synonyms
Hemisepius typicus Steenstrup, 1875

Sepia typica is a very small species, growing to only 26 mm in mantle length.^[3]

The type specimen was collected in Table Bay, South Africa (33°50′S 18°27′E). It is deposited at the Kobenhavns Universitet Zoologisk Museum in Copenhagen.^[4]