ECOLOGY OF SEPIA OFFICINALIS

By Á. Guerra. 2006

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This article comprises an up-dated review of the processes influenc- ing the distribution and abundance of the common cuttlefish Sepia officinalis ,t he interactions between the species and the main variables of the environment in which it lives and its trophic, demographic and behavioural ecology. The geographical distribution of the common cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis L., 1758 covers the Mediterranean Sea and the waters of the Eastern Atlantic from southern Norway and northern England to the northwestern coast of Africa. The species also lives in Madeira and in the Canary Is- lands (Khromov et al. 1998). The geographical dis- tribution of S. officinalis and Sepia hierredda Rang, 1837 in the eastern Central Atlantic shows that these species are sympatric. The southern boundary of S. officinalis coincides approximately with the border between Mauritania and Senegal (16oN) and the northern limit of S. hierredda is at Cape Blanc (21oN) (Guerra et al. 2001).

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