Comprehensive Description
provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Sepia peterseni Appellöf, 1886
ILLUSTRATIONS.—Okutani et al., 1987:4; Khromov, 1988b: 177.
DIAGNOSIS.—Arms II of male much longer than other arms, tapering to extremity without suckers. Fins of male triangular posteriorly. Tentacular club with suckers differing in size. Sepion long, narrow. Anterior striae L-shaped. Spine present.
ORIGINAL REFERENCE.—Appellöf, 1886:23.
TYPE LOCALITY.—Japan.
TYPES.—Syntypes: Zoological Museum of Uppsala University, Sweden, No. 148a, 1 male, 105 mm ML. Whereabouts of remaining 2 syntypes not known.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.—Kyushu to central Honshu, Japan; South Korea.
- bibliographic citation
- Voss, N. A. and Sweeney, M. J. 1998. "Systematics and Biogeography of cephalopods. Volume I." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-276. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.586
