Zanzibar Cuttlefish

Sepia zanzibarica Pfeffer, 1884

ILLUSTRATIONS.—Adam and Rees, 1966, pl. 2: figs. 9–11, pl. 41: fig. 247.

DIAGNOSIS.—Tentacular club with small, slightly unequal suckers in 6 rows, median suckers a little enlarged. Arm suckers quadriserial. Sepion elongate. Striated zone with wide, deep groove. Anterior striae L-shaped. Inner cone with moderately wide, rounded, ventral ledge over pocket-like cavity. Outer cone not forming posterior wings. Spine with lateral expansions at base.

ORIGINAL REFERENCE.—Pfeffer, 1884: fig. 11.

TYPE LOCALITY.—East Africa, Zanzibar.

TYPES.—Holotype: Zoological Museum, University of Hamburg, female, 186 mm ML.

Paratypes: None.

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.—Western Indian Ocean from Port Elizabeth, South Africa, to the Gulf of Aden, including Madagascar and Saya-de-Malha Bank.