Sepia koilados

{{Short description|Species of cuttlefish}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Barratt, I. |author2=Allcock, L. |date=2012 |title=Sepia koilados |volume=2012 |page=e.T162503A904119 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162503A904119.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Sepia

| parent = Sepia (Doratosepion)

| species = koilados

| authority = Reid, 2000{{cite web | url = http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=438908 | title = Sepia koilados Reid, 2000 | access-date = 15 February 2018 | publisher = Flanders Marine Institute | author = Finn, Julian | year = 2016 | work = World Register of Marine Species}}

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Sepia koilados is a species of cuttlefish native to the southeastern Indian Ocean, specifically the North West Shelf in western Australia ({{coord|18|31|S|118|09|E|scale:250000}} to {{coord|19|12.6|S|116|25.8|E|scale:250000}}). It lives at depths of between 182 and 203 m.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.

Males are slightly larger than females. They grow to a mantle length of 68 mm and 58 mm, respectively.

The type specimen was collected in the North West Shelf ({{coord|18|36|S|118|02|E|scale:250000}} to {{coord|18|39|S|118|04|E|scale:250000}}). It is deposited at the Museum of Victoria in Melbourne.[http://www.mnh.si.edu/cephs/newclass.pdf Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda]