Ascarosepion pfefferi Pfeffer's Flamboyant Cuttlefish

Ascarosepion pfefferi is commonly referred to as Pfeffer's Flamboyant Cuttlefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic.

Profile

lexID:

3142 

AphiaID:

1667026 

Scientific:

Ascarosepion pfefferi 

German:

Pfeffers-Prachtsepie 

English:

Pfeffer's Flamboyant Cuttlefish 

Category:

Blæksprutter 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Hoyle, ), 1885 

Occurrence:

Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Eastern Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Lembeh Strait, Malaysia, New Guinea, Northern Territory (Australia), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Sulawesi, Western Australia 

Sea depth:

3 - 86 Meter 

Size:

up to 2.36" (6 cm) 

Temperature:

24,7 °F - 28,6 °F (24,7°C - 28,6°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Mysis, Predatory, Schrimps, Shrimps 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

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:

2010-04-28 21:58:01 

Last edit:

2023-10-27 19:31:30 

Toxicity

Ascarosepion pfefferi is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Ascarosepion pfefferi, 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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