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289:Philippines
283:, southern
237:Hoyle, 1885
145:Cephalopoda
1450:Categories
1406:Q109578604
1121:Photos of
1024:Transcript
902:19 October
802:References
705:cephalopod
666:fertilises
658:Copulation
642:camouflage
604:cuttlebone
567:cuttlebone
500:expedition
498:Challenger
388:Queensland
331:obsolete.
323:, and the
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1461:Metasepia
743:aquariums
739:fisheries
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630:substrate
572:Metasepia
435:Malaysian
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293:Indonesia
281:Australia
183:Species:
176:Metasepia
121:Kingdom:
115:Eukaryota
1400:Wikidata
1288:11331545
1207:BioLib:
1158:Q1754577
1152:Wikidata
982:Archived
794:Sulawesi
775:Sulawesi
560:papillae
474:139°42′E
429:and the
427:Sulawesi
400:153°15′E
361:115°04′E
345:Mandurah
297:Malaysia
251:Kubodera
224:Synonyms
165:Sepiidae
161:Family:
135:Mollusca
131:Phylum:
125:Animalia
111:Domain:
88:IUCN 3.1
60:Malaysia
1420:2290893
1262:2290892
757:Gallery
682:coconut
471:09°59′S
451:Visayas
443:Sipadan
397:27°25′S
358:32°33′S
217:, 1885)
171:Genus:
155:Sepiida
151:Order:
141:Class:
86: (
56:Sipadan
1433:556202
1379:342366
1353:384576
1340:342366
1327:348827
1314:162681
1301:556203
1275:151344
1249:491710
1223:187622
1210:134329
1195:ARKive
796:, 2014
791:Lembeh
777:, 2014
582:sulcus
577:chitin
541:mantle
524:Bitung
508:London
319:, the
1374:WoRMS
1366:57122
1283:IRMNG
1236:42D4Q
897:WoRMS
676:, or
670:coral
662:sperm
439:Mabul
308:genus
247:Lupše
215:Hoyle
54:from
1428:ITIS
1415:GBIF
1335:OBIS
1322:NCBI
1309:IUCN
1296:ITIS
1257:GBIF
1218:BOLD
904:2023
879:2018
848:2021
831:2012
723:and
678:wood
674:rock
636:and
634:fish
593:and
565:The
538:oval
456:The
441:and
302:The
295:and
253:2023
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1231:CoL
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