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Common Cuttlefish - Sepia officinalis
This Common Cuttlefish - Sepia officinalis are seasonally seen at the dive site of Zeeland.
They come to the location to mate and lay eggs, the eggs are black in colour.
During this time, there will be a lot of divers diving there to look for them.
The common cuttlefish or European common cuttlefish is one of the largest and best-known cuttlefish species. It grows to 49 cm in mantle length and 4 kg in weight. Animals from subtropical seas are smaller and rarely exceed 30 cm in ML.
The common cuttlefish is native to at least the Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, and Baltic Sea, although subspecies have been proposed as far south as South Africa. It lives on sand and mud seabeds to a depth of around 200 m. As in most cuttlefish.. more
Similar species: Cuddlefish
By Albert Kang
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Uploaded Jul 26, 2017. Captured in Theuniswegeling 1, 4458 SR 's-Heer Arendskerke, Netherlands.
