. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 12 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM Table 4 Sepia pulchra sp. nov. Indices for shells. SAM-S822 6 III 22 SAM-S982 2 III 21 Holotype SAM-S1038 SAM-S1039 SAM-S1036 n 2 III c. 19 9 III 19 S III 17 Mean Range L in mm W Str z 21 52,4 c. 71,4 19 63,2 c. 57,9 19 63,2 63,2 c. 19 c. 57,9 c. 52,6 16 5 56,3 5 62,5 5 c. 58,6 c. 61,5 16-21 52,4-63,2 c. 52,6-c. 71,4 The shell is not calcified and is broadly oval, becoming somewhat angular anteriorly; posteriorly the shell is broad, with a strong ventral curvatur
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 12 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM Table 4 Sepia pulchra sp. nov. Indices for shells. SAM-S822 6 III 22 SAM-S982 2 III 21 Holotype SAM-S1038 SAM-S1039 SAM-S1036 n 2 III c. 19 9 III 19 S III 17 Mean Range L in mm W Str z 21 52,4 c. 71,4 19 63,2 c. 57,9 19 63,2 63,2 c. 19 c. 57,9 c. 52,6 16 5 56,3 5 62,5 5 c. 58,6 c. 61,5 16-21 52,4-63,2 c. 52,6-c. 71,4 The shell is not calcified and is broadly oval, becoming somewhat angular anteriorly; posteriorly the shell is broad, with a strong ventral curvature and a dorsal hump over the posterior end of the phragmocone. There is no posterior spine. The dorsal surface of the shell is finely reticulate and shows no distinct median ridge; the striae of the phragmocone are clearly visible through the thin dorsal shield. The phragmocone covers virtually the entire length of the shell and is very thin; the ventral surface is flat or somewhat concave, with at most an indistinct median groove; the striated zone is long and triangular, the striae wavy with an overall convex shape. The inner cone is reflexed and fused to the outer cone; in the holotype it is narrow, the limbs of the inner cone extending anteriorly along the lateral edges of the striated zone; in a larger shell (SAM-S1038, Fig. 9A) the inner cone is rather broader laterally, then tapers rapidly and twists, curving over the lateral edge of the striated zone. The outer cone is very broad laterally but narrow posteriorly, separating the posterior end of the inner cone from the shell edge by a narrow strip of outer cone. Remarks The female animals of Sepia pulchra are difficult to distinguish from S. dubia. Adam & Rees (1966: 120) described the arm suckers of S. dubia as being biserial, but re-examination of the holotype, 9 II 17, showed that, as in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - co
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