Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Flamboyant Cuttlefish
Ascarosepion pfefferi
Flamboyant Cuttlefish
Category: Cuttlefishes
Scientific Name: Ascarosepion pfefferi
Synonyms: Metasepia pfefferi
Size: Up to 3.25 in. (8 cm)  
Depth: 10-200 ft. (3-60 m)
Distribution: West Pacific, Indonesia, Australia
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Cephalopoda (Class)
 └Sepiida (Order)
  └Sepioidea (Superfamily)
   └Sepiidae (Family)
    └Ascarosepion (Genus)

Cephalopods
Cuttlefishes

Flamboyant Cuttlefish

Crinoid Cuttlefish

Broadclub Cuttlefish



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