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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	23 607038 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Sepia baxteri   (Iredale, 1940)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. Family: 23 607 Sepiidae (cuttlefish) - show full list Common Name: [a cuttlefish] Organism Type: a cuttlefish Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Species not on current Australian list, but occuring in adjacent region: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 23 607901     Sepia spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species is currently only known from cuttlebones found on Lord Howe Island. It is very similar to Sepia bandensis, and whole specimens are needed to clarify its status.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342117 Name status: nomen dubium    Checked on: 2020-02-04 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source and Scientific Name verified against:

Reid, A.L., 2016, Cephalopods of Australia and Sub-Antarctic Territories. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South 446pp.