Ascarosepion papuense Papuan Cuttlefish

Ascarosepion papuense is commonly referred to as Papuan Cuttlefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

11880 

AphiaID:

342159 

Scientific:

Ascarosepion papuense 

German:

Papua Tintenfisch, Papua Sepie 

English:

Papuan Cuttlefish 

Category:

Cephalopoda 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Sepiida (Order) > Sepiidae (Family) > Ascarosepion (Genus) > papuense (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Hoyle, ), 1885 

Occurrence:

Arafura Sea, Australia, Bali, Ceram Sea , Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Great Barrier Reef, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Lembeh Strait, New South Wales (Australia), Northern Territory (Australia), Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), South-Pazific, Sulawesi, Timor, Western Australia 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

10 - 155 Meter 

Size:

up to 4.33" (11 cm) 

Temperature:

15,7 °F - 27,5 °F (15,7°C - 27,5°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Schrimps 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Ascarosepion apama
  Riesensepia
• 
  Ascarosepion bandense
  Stumpfdorn-Sepia
• 
  Ascarosepion latimanus
  Breitarm-Sepia
• 
  Ascarosepion mestus
  Zwerg-Sepie
• 
  Ascarosepion papuense
  Papua Tintenfisch, Papua Sepie
• 
  Ascarosepion pfefferi
  Pfeffers-Prachtsepie
• 
  Ascarosepion plangon
  Trauersepie, Trauertintenfisch
• 
  Ascarosepion tullbergi
  Zwergsepie

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-01-05 19:46:55 

Last edit:

2024-05-03 16:45:55 

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