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Flamboyant Cuttlefish

Ascarosepion pfefferi

Classification

Order
Sepiida
Family
Sepiidae

Ascarosepion pfefferi, also known as the flamboyant cuttlefish, is a species of cuttlefish occurring in tropical Indo-Pacific waters off northern Australia, southern New Guinea, as well as numerous islands of the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Taxonomy The type specimen, a female, was collected off Challenger Station 188 in the Arafura Sea (09°59′S 139°42′E) at a depth of 28 fathoms (51 m (167 ft)) on October 9, 1874, as part of the Challenger expedition. It is deposited at The Natural History Museum in London.

Distribution

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