Name

Sepia

cuttlefish

Framing

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Cephalopoda

Subclass: Coleoidea

Order: Sepiida

Genus: Sepia

Habitat

Aquatic, marine. Benthic, sedimentary or soft bottoms.

Feeding

Feed on solid things, macrophagous feeder, carnivorous

Distribution

On our coasts it is present, depending on the species, up to a depth of 300 metres.

Conservation status

Abundant species, several of them of fishery interest

Additional information

Dorsoventrally flattened with 8 fixed arms and 2 retractile tentacles. Fin running along all edges of the mantle. Well-developed inner shell (cuttlefish).