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Figure 12 Sepia senta sp. nov.; A, tentacular club, female MV F77201, 75.3 mm ML, scale bar 2 mm; B, club sucker 
infundibulum, female paratype MV F77197, 48.2 mm ML, scale bar 50 pm; C, upper beak, lateral view; D, 
lower beak, lateral view; E, lower beak, ventral view (C-E, female paratype MV F77195, 64.2 mm ML, scale 
bar 2 mm); F, digestive tract, dorsal view, female MV F77196, 58.6 mm ML, scale bar 5 mm, abbreviations 
as in Figure 5E. 
Gill length: GiLI males 21.8-32.5-41.2 (SD, 6.3), 
females 26.1-34.9-40.9 (SD, 4.4). 
Buccal membrane without suckers. Upper beak 
(Figure 12C) rostrum sharply pointed, long, length 
greater than width, cutting edge straight; hood 
high above crest posteriorly; crest curved, lateral 
wall shallowly indented posteriorly; wings and 
hood narrow and short; jaw angle approximately 
90°, slightly acute; hood dark brown, lighter on 
ventral margin, crest only slightly pigmented. 
Lower beak (Figure 12D,E) rostrum protrudes only 
slightly; cutting edge slightly curved; hood low on 
crest; crest straight, no indentation on lateral wall 
edge; hood and wings, width narrow; hood notch 
deep, broad (Figure 12E); wings widely spaced; 
crest wide; rostrum pigmented dark brown, wings 
pigmented along margin, pigmentation on hood 
fades posteriorly, crest pigmented medially in 
narrow band. Radula with 7 teeth per row; 
homodont; rhachidian teeth with narrow, truncate 
bases, slender, triangular, sides straight to slightly 
concave (Figure 13A,B); first lateral teeth similar 
length to rhachidian teeth, slightly broader with 
wide heels, asymmetrical with mesocone displaced 
