Ascarosepion apama Australian Giant Cuttlefish, Giant cuttlefish

Ascarosepion apama is commonly referred to as Australian Giant Cuttlefish, Giant cuttlefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

4979 

AphiaID:

342111 

Scientific:

Ascarosepion apama 

German:

Riesensepia 

English:

Australian Giant Cuttlefish, Giant Cuttlefish 

Category:

Blæksprutter 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Gray, ), 1849 

Occurrence:

Australia, Bass Strait, New South Wales (Australia), Queensland (Australia), Tasmania (Australia), Western Australia, Western Pacific Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

2 - 100 Meter 

Size:

19.69" - 39.37" (50cm - 100cm) 

Weight:

10.5 kg 

Temperature:

68 °F - 80.6 °F (20°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Schrimps 

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Near threatened (NT) 

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:

2013-01-09 21:37:57 

Last edit:

2024-05-03 16:12:43 

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