Acanthosepion smithi Smith’s cuttlefish

Acanthosepion smithi is commonly referred to as Smith’s cuttlefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Veldig vanskelig. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7081 

AphiaID:

342174 

Scientific:

Acanthosepion smithi 

German:

Smith's Sepie 

English:

Smith’s Cuttlefish 

Category:

Blekkspruter  

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Sepiida (Order) > Sepiidae (Family) > Acanthosepion (Genus) > smithi (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Hoyle, ), 1885 

Occurrence:

Arafura Sea, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Eastern Indian Ocean, Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia, Lembeh Strait, New South Wales (Australia), Northern Territory (Australia), Papua New Guinea, Timor, Western Australia 

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:

7 - 138 Meter 

Size:

5.51" - 6.69" (14cm - 17cm) 

Temperature:

76.1 °F - 82.58 °F (24.5°C - 28.1°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Rock shrimps, Schrimps 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

Veldig vanskelig 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Acanthosepion aculeatum
  Gemeine Sepie
• 
  Acanthosepion esculentum
  Goldene Sepie
• 
  Acanthosepion pharaonis
  Pharao-Sepia
• 
  Acanthosepion smithi
  Smith's Sepie

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-04-27 17:08:12 

Last edit:

2024-05-03 16:22:30 

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