Slender Cuttlefish

Scientific name: Sepia braggi
Similar species:
Sepia bidhaia, Sepia cottoni, Sepia limata, Sepia rhoda, and Sepia varcoi.
  • Author(s)
    Allison Runck
  • Updated
    29/09/21
  • Read time
    2 minutes

Fast Facts

  • Classification
    Genus
    Sepia
    Species
    braggi
    Family
    Sepiidae
    Super Family
    Sepioidea
    Suborder
    Sepiina
    Order
    Sepiida
    Superorder
    Decapodiformes
    Subclass
    Coleoidea
    Class
    Cephalopoda
    Phylum
    Mollusca
    Kingdom
    Animalia
  • Size Range
    Males up to 49 mm mantle length while females up to 80 mm mantle length.

Identification

Sepia braggi can be identified by the pinkish brown colouring and distinctive purplish band on arms each side of the dorsal midline. Arm and club sucker rings are pale brown. The club on this species is slightly curved with 4 to 6 suckers in transverse rows.
The cuttlebone of the slender cuttlefish is elongate and rounded at the anterior end. The colouring is rose posteriorly and white anteriorly while the dorsal surface has distinct narrow ribs.

Habitat

The Slender Cuttlefish is found at depths between 30 and 86 metres.

Distribution

Sepia braggi is endemic to Australia and is found in coastal waters from southern NSW around to Western Australia.

Distribution data sourced from the Atlas of Living Australia

References

  • Jereb, P., & C.F.E Roper (eds) (2005) Cephalopods of the World: Chambered Nautiluses and Sepioids, Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Catalogue for Fishery Purposes, Rome, No. 4, Vol. 1
  • Lu, C.C (1998) A Synopsis of Sepiidae in Australian waters (Cephalopoda: Sepiodiea). In: Voss, N.A., Vecchione, M., Toll, R.B. & Sweeney, M.J (Eds) Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC, Vol. 586, 159-190.