Common Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)

InvertebrateverifiedLeast Concern

Sepia officinalis

Linnaeus, 1758

Common Cuttlefish

Also known as: Gewone Zeekat, Cuttlefish, European Common Cuttlefish

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About

Max size

40 cm

Taxonomy

Class

Cephalopoda

Order

Sepiida

Family

Sepiidae

Where to find it

common

Croatia Monaco Netherlands Slovenia Spain Spain (Canary Islands)Spain (Galicia)Tunisia

occasional

France (Atlantic)Gibraltar

rare

Malta Montenegro Portugal

Recorded on DIVR

Zeelandbrug· Netherlands Bergse Diepsluis· Netherlands

Other species in Sepiidae

Pink Cuttlefish (Rhombosepion orbignyanum)

Rhombosepion orbignyanum

Pink Cuttlefish

Image: © Matteo Cassella (CC-BY-SA) · iNaturalist (CC-BY-SA) · source