Ascarosepion tullbergi Paintpot Cuttlefish, Northern Flamboyant Cuttlefish, Okinawan Paintpot cuttlefish

Ascarosepion tullbergi is commonly referred to as Paintpot Cuttlefish, Northern Flamboyant Cuttlefish, Okinawan Paintpot cuttlefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic.

Profile

lexID:

12508 

AphiaID:

1667036 

Scientific:

Ascarosepion tullbergi 

German:

Zwergsepie 

English:

Paintpot Cuttlefish, Northern Flamboyant Cuttlefish, Okinawan Paintpot Cuttlefish 

Category:

Blæksprutter 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Appellöf, ), 1886 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cebu ((Philippines), China, Corea, Japan, Malaysia, Okinawa, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

3 - 100 Meter 

Size:

up to 2.76" (7 cm) 

Weight:

40 g 

Temperature:

78.8 °F - 84.2 °F (26°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Mysis, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Data deficient (DD) 

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:

2019-10-28 14:47:58 

Last edit:

2024-05-04 20:51:13 

Toxicity

Ascarosepion tullbergi is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Ascarosepion tullbergi, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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