Sepia angulata

{{Short description|Species of cuttlefish}}

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Barratt, I. |author2=Allcock, L. |date=2012 |title=Sepia angulata |volume=2012 |page=e.T162677A942869 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162677A942869.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Sepia

| parent = Sepia (Sepia)

| species = angulata

| authority = Roeleveld, 1972{{cite web | url = http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342110 | title = Sepia angulata Roeleveld, 1972 | access-date = 18 February 2018 | publisher = Flanders Marine Institute | author = Finn, Julian | year = 2016 | work = World Register of Marine Species}}

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Sepia angulata is a species of cuttlefish native to the southeastern Atlantic Ocean, from Bloubergstrand ({{coord|33|48|S|18|27|E|scale:250000}}) to Still Bay ({{coord|34|23|S|21|25|E|scale:250000}}). It is known

only from cuttlebones.Reid, A., P. Jereb, & C.F.E. Roper 2005. Family Sepiidae. In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 1. Rome, FAO. pp. 57–152. The validity of S. angulata has been questioned.[http://www.mnh.si.edu/cephs/newclass.pdf Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda]

Cuttlebones of this species are up to 75 mm in length.

The type specimen was collected near Bloubergstrand, South Africa ({{coord|33|48|S|18|27|E|scale:250000}}) and is deposited at the South African Museum.

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